Table 4.

Cyto/histopathological findings in biopsy and fine-needle aspirate samples

	TB cases				Non-TB cases
	Confirmed sample	Unconfirmed sample	Clinically diagnosed sample	Total TB cases
Histomorphology, biopsies (n = 88)	n = 13	n = 3	n = 3	n = 19	n = 69
Granulomatous inflammation with necrosis	9	3	1	13	13
Granulomatous inflammation without necrosis	1		2	3	13
Subacute or chronic inflammation and necrosis	3			3	4
Abundant necrosis					3
Subacute or chronic inflammation					22
Acute inflammation					3
Malignant tumor					4
Benign tumor					2
Fibrosis					1
Foreign body granuloma					1
Lymph node hyperplasia					1
Mesothelial proliferation					1
No pathology					1
Cytomorphology, FNAs (n = 11)	n = 5	n = 1	n = 1	n = 7	n = 4
Granulomatous inflammation with necrosis			1	1	1
Abundant necrosis	3			3	1
Fluid background, mostly RBCs	1			1	1
Subacute or chronic inflammation	1			1	1
Acute inflammation		1		1

Abbreviations: TB, tuberculosis; FNA, fine-needle aspirate