TUBERCULOUS INGUINAL AND CRURAL LYMPH-NODES

Non-respiratory forms of tuberculosis are frequently described in immi grants from endemic countries and in immunocompromised patients. Among the extrapulmonary forms of tuberculous disease, peripheral lymph nod e involvements, generally cervical, are the most common. Interestingly , only a few cases of tuberculous inguinal adenitis have been reported in the literature during the last 15 years. We report 2 cases of isol ated inguinal inflammatory lymphadenitis observed in immigrant immunoc ompetent women. The diagnosis of tuberculosis was confirmed by culture obtained by needle aspiration of a lymph node. The lesions completely healed after standard antituberculous therapy.