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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">565</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF GRANULOMATOUS LESIONS IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL, PUDUCHERRY&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gulia</surname><given-names>Sandhya Panjeta</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lavanya</surname><given-names>M.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>V.</surname><given-names>Archana</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>S. P. Arun</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Selvi</surname><given-names>Kalaivani</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>78</fpage><lpage>84</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aims: The present study is done to study the frequency, morphology and to find out the etiology of granulomatous lesions by clinicopathologic correlation wherever possible.&#13;
Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of 75 biopsy sections was done from August 2010 __ampersandsignndash; July 2014. Diagnosis was confirmed by haematoxylin and eosine stained slides alongwith the special stains wherever required.&#13;
Results: A total of 75 cases of granulomatous lesions were identified of which 42(56.0%) were malesand 33(44.0%) were females. Granulomas due to tuberculosis accounted for the majority of the types of granulomas,i.e,46 cases(61.33%), followed&#13;
by 7 (9.33%)cases of foreign body granulomas, 5 (6.67%) fungal granulomas, 4 (5.33%) actinomycosis, granulomas of unknown etiology were - 4(5.33%) cases of granulomatous synovitis, 1(1.33%) cases of granulomatous cystitis and 5 (6.67%) cases of non infectious skin granulomas. The granulomatous skin lesions reported were mostly infectious __ampersandsignndash;3(4.0%) leprosy, 2 (2.67%) lupus vulgaris, 3(4.0%)cases of actinomycosis, 1(1.33%) scrofuloderma, and fungal granulomas __ampersandsignndash; 2(2.67%) subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis 1(1.33%) maduramycosis, 1(1.33%) chromoblastomycosis, 1(1.33%)zygomycosis; 5(6.67%)non&#13;
infectious skin granulomas reported as granuloma annulare, erythema nodosum and acne agmeneta. Granulomatous lesions of the genitourinary tract constituted 8(10.67%) cases __ampersandsignndash; 3 (4.0%) tuberculosis of cervix and fallopian tube, 4 (5.33%) tuberculousepididymoorchitis and scrotal abscess; 1 (1.33%) granulomatous cystitis. Tuberculous lesions affecting the gastrointestinal tract were __ampersandsignndash; 3(4.0%)cases of fistula in ano, 1(1.33%) appendicular tuberculosis and 1(1.33%) case rectum.1(1.33%) case each of tuberculosis of spine and actinomycosis of tonsil was reported. AFB stain was positive in 14 (30.43%) cases of tuberculosis.&#13;
Conclusion: Tuberculosis was the commonest cause of granulomatous lesion and lymph nodes were the most common site affected. Epithelioid type of granuloma was the most common morphology.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Epithelioid</kwd><kwd> Granuloma</kwd><kwd> Lymph nodes</kwd><kwd> Tuberculosis</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
