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  • Title: [Surgical treatment of lymphadenitis caused by non-tuberculous mycobacteria in children].
    Author: Kuypers FY, Zwierstra RP, de Langen ZJ.
    Journal: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd; 1995 Oct 07; 139(40):2036-9. PubMed ID: 7477552.
    Abstract:
    A retrospective study was made of 43 consecutive cases of children with the diagnosis of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis treated in our surgical department between 1976 and 1992. In 16 of the 42 children the diagnosis was initially missed and these children elsewhere underwent incision and drainage resulting in a chronic sinus. In 37 children the disease was localized in the head-and-neck area, while in the other 6 inguinal or axillary lymph nodes were involved. All 43 children underwent a regional lymph node dissection with a partial parotidectomy in three. In 5 children recurrent disease developed within 4 months after dissection. The recurrences were all successfully treated with additional surgery. In none of the children did the dissection result in permanent damage of nerves, especially not of the facial nerve. The cosmetic results were good but depended on the possibilities of entering the neck through a cosmetically ideal incision. Early recognition of the disease is of the utmost importance for an adequate surgical and cosmetically desirable result. An aggressive surgical therapy is advocated and will not result in permanent damage provided the surgeon has the technical skill required for neck dissections.
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