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Review
. 2025 Jun 7;6(4):100182.
doi: 10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100182. eCollection 2025 Aug.

Woman With Neck Pain

Sylvia Sontheimer  1   2 , Joseph Leanza  1   2 , Andrew Mittelman  1   2
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Review

Woman With Neck Pain

Sylvia Sontheimer et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: extrapulmonary tuberculosis; neck pain; scrofula; tuberculosis lymphadenitis.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Nontender hyperpigmented nodules distributed along the cervical chain with overlying yellow crust.
Figure 2
Figure 2
A 3.4 cm × 1.7 cm × 3.3 cm heterogeneously enhancing necrotic lymph node (arrow) with extranodal extension into the right sternocleidomastoid muscle.
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