We described the characteristic features of submandibular tuberculous lymphadenitis in four children who presented with rapidly growing submandibular mass without lung involvement in three boys and combined with pulmonary tuberculosis in one girl.

• 本文提报四例儿童因急性颚下淋巴腺结肿胀来求诊而被诊断出颚下淋巴腺结核病，四位病童都无肺结核病史或接触史。