Symptom
Lymphadenopathy
The abnormal enlargement of one or more lymph nodes (most regions: >10 mm, inguinal nodes: >15 mm, children: >20 mm), localized or generalized, due to a wide spectrum of processes. Possible causes are viral infections (common cold, influenza, EBV, HIV), bacterial infections (strep throat, dental abscess, cellulitis), other infections (tuberculosis, tick-borne illnesses, cat-scratch fever), autoimmune (SLE, rheumatoid arthritis), malignancy (lymphoma, leukemia, metastatic cancers), and routine vaccinations.
Also known as: Lymphadenitis, Adenopathy, Lymph node enlargement
Referencing diagnoses
- Acute laryngitis
- Anemia
- Breast cancer
- Cellulitis
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Colorectal cancer
- Ecthyma
- Encephalitis
- Epididymitis
- Epiglottitis
- Erysipelas
- Esophageal cancer
- Gallbladder cancer
- Gastric cancer
- Gastric lymphoma
- Herpes simplex
- Herpes zoster
- HIV
- Impetigo
- Kawasaki disease
- Laryngeal cancer
- Leishmaniasis
- Leporsy
- Lymphadenopathy
- Malignant melanoma
- Meningitis
- Mesenteric adenitis
- Mononucleosis
- Myocarditis
- Oral cavity carcinoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Pancreatic cancer
- Peritonsillar abscess
- Pharyngitis
- Pneumonia
- Prostate cancer
- Retropharyngeal abscess
- Sarcoidosis
- Schistosomiasis
- Sialadenitis
- Sjogren syndrome
- Small bowel cancer
- Squamous cell carcinoma
- Syphilis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Testicular cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Tuberculosis
- Urticaria
- Viral hepatitis
- Whipple's disease
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