Shobhana, AGuha, S KMitra, KDasgupta, ANeogi, D KHazra, S C2002-04-282009-05-282002-04-282009-05-282002-04-28Shobhana A, Guha SK, Mitra K, Dasgupta A, Neogi DK, Hazra SC. People living with HIV infection / AIDS - A study on lymph node FNAC and CD4 count. Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology. 2002 Apr-Jun; 20(2): 99-101http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/53533Between July 1997 and December 2000, 1616 HIV seropositive persons were identified by Western Blot test at the School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata. Four hundred seventy two (29.2%) of them had generalized lymphadenopathy. CD4 count could be done in only 54 of these 472 subjects (11.4%). These 54 patients, consisting of 40 males (74%) and 14 females (26%) were the subjects of the study. Their mean age was 29.5 years. In all these subjects, FNAC was done from the enlarged lymph nodes (non-inguinal). Reactive hyperplasia was seen in 30 cases (55.5%) whose absolute CD4 count varied between 411-945 cells/microL (median value 670 cells/microL). Evidence of tuberculous lymphadenitis was detected in 22 (41%) with CD4 counts varying between 113 and 422 cells/microL (median value 212 cells/microL). Non-Hodgkin lymphoma was diagnosed in 2 cases (3.7%) with CD4 count 79-113 cells/microL. All patients had evidence of HIV-1 infection, excepting one case of dual infection (HIV-1 and 2).engJournal Article