Table 2.

Cytological results of the 131 studied patients.

Cytological diagnosis	No of cases	Percentage
Benign	47	35.8
Tuberculous lymphadenitis	38	29.7
Reactive lymph nodes	9	6.8
Metastatic tumor or suspicious cases	17	12.9
Metastatic	11	8.3
Suspicious of metastasis	6	4.5
Lymphoma	20	15.2
Lymphoma	6	4.5
Suspicious of lymphoma	14	10.7
Non-diagnosis	47	35.8