Cytomorphology in Tuberculous Lymphadenitis and Correlation With Acid Fast Bacilli Detection by Papanicolaou, Auramine‐Rhodamine Fluorescence and Ziehl‐Neelsen Techniques

Incidence of tuberculous lymphadenitis is high in developing countries. FNAC along with AFB detection is a reliable and definitive diagnostic procedure. Fluorescent techniques are more sensitive than ZN method for AFB detection, with certain limitations. Further studies may need to be done to evaluate their diagnostic utility over ZN method.