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Case Report

Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Presenting as a Tiny Neck Tumor

by
Shih-Lung Chen
1,2,
Jim-Ray Chen
2,3 and
Shih-Wei Yang
2,4,*
1
Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou 333, Taiwan
2
School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
3
Department of Pathology, Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung 204, Taiwan
4
Department of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung 204, Taiwan
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Healthcare 2021, 9(5), 487; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050487
Submission received: 31 March 2021 / Revised: 17 April 2021 / Accepted: 19 April 2021 / Published: 21 April 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Family Medicine: Opportunities and Challenges for Primary Healthcare)
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(1) Background: Toxoplasmic lymphadenitis (TL), caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, is a worldwide zoonosis. We report a case of TL in the head and neck region diagnosed using ultrasound (US)-guided fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), serological tests, and pathological findings. (2) Case Presentation: A 51-year-old female with a chief complaint of a left posterior neck mass that had been growing for approximately 2 weeks. TL was confirmed by histopathological examinations and serological tests. US-guided FNAC and en bloc resection of the lymph node were performed. The diagnosis was confirmed as TL in the neck. (3) Conclusions: We suggest that US-guided FNAC should be considered as the first-line test for assessing a tiny mass before a definitive treatment is chosen.
Keywords: toxoplasmic lymphadenitis; ultrasound; fine needle aspiration cytology; head and neck toxoplasmic lymphadenitis; ultrasound; fine needle aspiration cytology; head and neck

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Chen, S.-L.; Chen, J.-R.; Yang, S.-W. Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Presenting as a Tiny Neck Tumor. Healthcare 2021, 9, 487. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050487

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Chen S-L, Chen J-R, Yang S-W. Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Presenting as a Tiny Neck Tumor. Healthcare. 2021; 9(5):487. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050487

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Chen, Shih-Lung, Jim-Ray Chen, and Shih-Wei Yang. 2021. "Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Presenting as a Tiny Neck Tumor" Healthcare 9, no. 5: 487. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050487

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Chen, S.-L., Chen, J.-R., & Yang, S.-W. (2021). Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Presenting as a Tiny Neck Tumor. Healthcare, 9(5), 487. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9050487

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