Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis

Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis
Other namesScrofula, scrophula, struma, the king's evil
Scrofula of the neck, showing characteristic bumps on the skin
SpecialtyInfectious disease

The disease mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis, also known historically as scrofula and the king's evil, involves a lymphadenitis of the cervical (neck) lymph nodes associated with tuberculosis as well as nontuberculous (atypical) mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium marinum.

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