Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of patients with enlarged lymph nodes Attending ACSHMC, Ethiopia, 2022 (N = 291).
| Clinical characteristics | Category | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Chronic cough | Yes | 99 (34.0) |
| No | 192 (66.0) | |
| Fever | Yes | 160 (55) |
| No | 131 (45) | |
| Night sweating | Yes | 159 (54.6) |
| No | 132 (45.4) | |
| Loss of appetite | Yes | 113 (38.8) |
| No | 178 (61.2) | |
| Loss of weight | Yes | 148 (50.9) |
| No | 143 (49.1) | |
| Chest pain | Yes | 94 (32.3) |
| No | 197 (67.7) | |
| Shortness of breath | Yes | 95 (32.6) |
| No | 196 (67.4) | |
| Fatigue | Yes | 153 (52.6) |
| No | 138 (47.4) | |
| History of contact with TB patients | Yes | 67 (23.0) |
| No | 171 (58.8) | |
| I don’t know | 53 (18.2) | |
| Confirmed pulmonary TB | Yes | 53 (18.2) |
| No | 238 (81.8) | |
| Treatment for TB | Yes | 53 (18.2) |
| No | 238 (81.8) | |
| BCG vaccination | Yes | 82 (28.2) |
| No | 6 (2.1) | |
| I don’t know | 203 (69.8) | |
| HIV status | Positive | 30 (10.3) |
| Negative | 182 (62.5) | |
| I don’t know | 79 (27.1) | |
| Aspirate type | Pus | 220 (75.6) |
| Soft | 23 (7.9) | |
| Abscess | 48 (16.5) | |
| Lymph node involved | Cervical | 159 (54.6) |
| Axillary | 33 (11.3) | |
| Submandibular | 45 (15.5) | |
| Supraclavicular | 30 (10.3) | |
| Inguinal | 20 (6.9) | |
| auricular | 4 (1.4) | |
| Lymph size in centimeter (cm) | 1–4 | 269 (92.4) |
| 5–10 | 22 (7.6) |
BCG, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin; HIV, Human Immunodeficiency virus; TB, Tuberculosis; ACSHMC, Adama Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Medical College.