Talk:Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis

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Scrofula

Scrofula refers to inflammation of the neck lymph nodes due to mycobacterium infection. The mycobacterium may be typical M. tuberculosis or atypical mycobacterium species, NTM. Struma refers to goiter and is not related to scrofula. See Reidel's struma in EMedicine.com. A picture is shown of a woman with goiter, an enlarged thyroid gland, of unknown cause. It has nothing to do with scrofula. The picture of the child shows the classic appearance of scrofula. 68.67.207.24 04:17, 11 September 2006 (UTC) M. S. Rudman, MD[reply]

I agree completely that the woman pictured has a thyroid goiter, not scrofula, and the picture should be removed from this article. Tobrntob, MD

I've removed the pic of a goitre, it looked like one to me too.Merkinsmum 23:50, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion: "In adults it is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and in children by nontuberculous mycobacteria." - According to the tuberculosis researchers at UCSD medical school Scrofula is caused by a nontuberculosis mycobacteria only. The one that is listed here for adults, "Mycobacterium tuberculosis" or M. tuberculosis, is a different thing.Kruglick (talk) 00:17, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Proof for wild statements

Yes, apparently the herbalist received a commendation from parliament (which the reference points to). But I'm suspicious that the 'cure' is a cure and not a bit of quackery, and the statement that it's a cure is not, itself, justified. That needs either rewording or justifying. --94.212.2.245 (talk) 10:39, 25 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]