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Regional Lymphadenopathy
Aka: Regional Lymphadenopathy, Inguinal Lymphadenopathy, Axillary Lymphadenopathy, Epitrochlear Lymphadenopathy, Regional Lymphadenitis
- See Also
- Lymphadenopathy
- Lymphadenopathy Causes
- Lymphadenopathy in the Febrile Returning Traveler
- Lymphadenopathy of the Head and Neck (includes Supraclavicular Lymphadenopathy)
- Hilar Adenopathy
- Nodular Lymphangitis
- Causes: Tender Regional Unilateral Lymphadenopathy
- Cat-Scratch Disease
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV, Mononucleosis)
- Humn ImmunodeficiencyVirus (HIV)
- Mycobacterium marinum (and other non-tuberculous Mycobacterium)
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Toxoplasmosis
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia (children)
- Causes: Right Supraclavicular Nodes
- Drainage Patterns
- Mediastinum
- Lungs
- Esophagus
- Lymphadenopathy Causes
- Lung Cancer
- Gastrointestinal cancer
- Cancer of the Retroperitoneum
- Causes: Left Supraclavicular Nodes
- Drainage Patterns
- Thorax
- Abdomen (Thoracic duct drainage)
- Lymphadenopathy Causes (See Virchow's Node)
- Lymphoma
- Cancer of the thorax
- Cancer of the Retroperitoneum
- Bacterial Infection
- Fungal infection
- Causes: Infraclavicular Nodes
- Highly associated with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
- Causes: Axillary Nodes
- Drainage Patterns
- Arm
- Thoracic wall
- Breast
- Lymphadenopathy due to Infection
- Miscellaneous infectious causes
- Cat Scratch Disease
- Silicone Breast Implants
- Brucellosis
- Melanoma
- Tularemia
- Sporotrichosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Syphilis
- Leprosy
- Leishmaniasis
- Lymphadenopathy due to Malignancy
- Lymphoma
- Leukemia
- Kaposi Sarcoma
- Breast Cancer
- Skin Cancer
- Causes: Epitrochlear Nodes (proximal to elbow medial epicondyle)
- Drainage Patterns
- Ulnar Forearm
- Ulnar hand
- Pinky and ring finger
- Lymphadenopathy Causes
- Miscellaneous infectious causes
- Lymphoma
- Sarcoidosis
- Tularemia
- Secondary Syphilis
- Causes: Inguinal Nodes
- Drainage Patterns
- Horizontal Group (along inguinal ligament, at midline thigh)
- Skin of lower anterior abdominal wall
- Retroperitoneal drainage
- Penis and Scrotum
- Vulva and vagina
- Gluteal region
- Lower anal canal
- Perineum
- Vertical Group (along upper great saphenous vein, at medial thigh)
- Penis and Scrotum
- Gluteal region
- Lower limb drainage
- Lymphadenopathy Causes
- Infections of the leg and foot
- Lymphoma
- Kaposi Sarcoma
- Pelvic malignancy
- Bubonic Plague
- Tuberculosis
- Squamous Cell Carcinoma (penis, vulva, anus)
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Herpes Simplex Virus
- Gonorrhea
- Syphilis
- Chancroid
- Granuloma Inguinale
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
- Non-Causes
- Testicular Cancer metastasizes to para-aortic nodes
- References
- Degowin (1987) Diagnostic Exam, Macmillan, p. 467
- Dornbland (1992) Adult Ambulatory Care, p. 662-7
- Lee (1999) Wintrobe's Hematology, p. 1826-30
- Wilson (1991) Harrison's Internal Medicine, p. 354-6
- Ferrer (1998) Am Fam Physician 58(6): 1313-2 [PubMed]
- Gaddey (2016) Am Fam Physician 94(11): 896-903 [PubMed]
- Habermann (2000) Mayo Clin Proc 75:728 [PubMed]