Lymphadenopathy: Multimedia

References

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Further Reading

Relevant guidelines include the following:

• Diagnosis, treatment, and long-term management of Kawasaki disease: a statement for health professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, American Heart Association
• Improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma
• American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria for pediatric Hodgkin's disease
• Tuberculosis: clinical diagnosis and management of tuberculosis, and measures for its prevention and control
• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and Associazione Medici Endocrinologi medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules
• Identification and ambulatory care of HIV-exposed and -infected adolescents
• Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft-tissue infections
• Referral guidelines for suspected cancer in adults and children

Keywords

lymphadenopathy, adenopathy, lymph node enlargement, lymph node disease, lymph nodes, viral illness, lymphadenitis, lymphoma, Gaucher disease, viral infections, bacterial infections, infectious mononucleosis, cytomegalovirus, CMV, viral upper respiratory infections
 
staphylococci, beta-hemolytic streptococci, HIV infection, malignancies, autoimmune diseases, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, catscratch disease, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis, filariasis, fungal infections, leukemia, neuroblastoma, autoimmune disorders, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis

systemic lupus erythematosus, histiocytoses, storage diseases, Hodgkin disease, cervical adenopathy, group A streptococcal pharyngitis, otitis media, impetigo, cellulitis, shotty supraclavicular nodes, matting together of nodes, abdominal adenopathy, systemic viral infections, roseola infantum, human herpes virus 6, varicella, adenovirus, syphilis, plague, endocarditis, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, ALL, acute myeloblastic leukemia, AML, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, lipid storage diseases

Niemann-Pick disease, Langerhans cell histiocytosis, Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disease, sarcoidosis, cervical lymphadenopathy, herpesvirus, coxsackievirus, herpes gingivostomatitis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Bartonella henselae, rhabdomyosarcoma
 
Kawasaki disease, submaxillary lymphadenopathy, submental lymphadenopathy, pharyngitis, dental abscess, occipital lymphadenopathy, tinea capitis, seborrheic dermatitis, insect bites, orbital cellulitis, pediculosis, rubella, enucleation of eye, preauricular lymphadenopathy, oculoglandular syndrome, severe conjunctivitis, corneal ulceration, eyelidedema, Chlamydia trachomatis, mediastinal lymphadenopathy, supraclavicular adenopathy, superior vena cava syndrome, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis

nonlymphoid mediastinal tumors, neurogenic tumors, germ cell tumors, teratomas, bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine, brucellosis, hydradenitis suppurativa, abdominal lymphadenopathy, mesenteric adenitis, ulcerative colitis, iliac lymphadenopathy, inguinal lymphadenopathy, diaper dermatitis

measles, septicemia, toxoplasmosis, serum sickness, acute bacterial lymphadenitis, pediculosis capitis, lymphogranuloma venereum

Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

Vikramjit S Kanwar, MD, MBA, MRCP(UK), FAAP, Associate Professor of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Albany Medical Center; Faculty, Alden March Bioethics Institute
Vikramjit S Kanwar, MD, MBA, MRCP(UK), FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Children's Oncology Group, and Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Coauthor(s)

Richard H Sills, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Upstate Medical University
Richard H Sills, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Society of Hematology, and American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
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Medical Editor

Gary J Noel, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Associate Professor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Gary J Noel, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
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Mary L Windle, PharmD, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine
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Managing Editor

Larry I Lutwick, MD, Professor of Medicine, State University of New York, Downstate Medical School; Director, Infectious Diseases, Veterans Affairs New York Harbor Health Care System, Brooklyn Campus
Larry I Lutwick, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Physicians and Infectious Diseases Society of America
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CME Editor

Helen SL Chan, MBBS, FRCP(C), FAAP, Senior Scientist, Research Institute; Professor, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
Helen SL Chan, MBBS, FRCP(C), FAAP is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association for Cancer Research, American Society of Hematology, and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
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Chief Editor

Russell W Steele, MD, Head, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Ochsner Children's Health Center; Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University School of Medicine
Russell W Steele, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association of Immunologists, American Pediatric Society, American Society for Microbiology, Infectious Diseases Society of America, Louisiana State Medical Society, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, Society for Pediatric Research, and Southern Medical Association
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