Tuberculosis is a disease affecting human beings since time immemorial. It is one of the biggest challenges to mankind even after 100 years of its discovery. This epidemic is threatening today in the form of resistant tuberculosis. Tuberculous lymphadenitis is a common presentation of this disease with HIV increasing the incidence as well as prevalence. The main aim of this research was to study the outcome of peripheral tubercular lymphadenopathy in both groups compare the factors affecting out