PEDIATRICS Vol. 10 No. 2 August 1952, pp. 131-137
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TUBERCULOSIS OF CERVICAL LYMPH NODES

ORVAR SWENSON M.D.1 and WILFRED T. SMALL M.D.1

1 The Boston Floating Hospital (for Infants and Children) and the Department of Surgery, Tufts College Medical School, Boston.

Although these results were determined in a small group of patients, it is believed they indicate that surgical excision is the best treatment for cervical tuberculous adenitis. Streptomycin, which may fail as a lone therapeutic agent, may be of value as a postoperative adjunct to surgery.

Submitted on January 22, 1952