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reactive adenitis

Monday 2 June 2008

reactive lymph node

Digital cases

- HPC:290 : nodal histiocytic infiltration in Rosai-Dorfman disease
- HPC:291 : rheumatoid adenitis
- HPC:293 : cat scratch disease
- HPC:295 : nodal toxoplasmosis
- HPC:332 : HIV-associated follicular lymphoid hyperplasia
- HPC:339 : Kikuchi adenitis (necrotizing histiocytic lymphadenitis)

Types

- reactive nodal follicular lymphoid hyerplasia
- reactive lymphoid hyperplasia with giant follicles
- lymphadenopathy with histiocytic infiltration
- lymphadenopathy with necrosis (necrotizing lymphadenitis )

Etiology

- cytomegaloviral lymphadenitis (CMV-associated adenitis )
- herpes simplex viral lymphadenitis (HSV-associated adenitis )
- HIV-associated lymphadenopathy
- measles lymphadenitis
- Kawasaki disease
- pyogenic bacterial lymphadenitis
- cat-scratch disease
- syphilitic lymphadenitis
- brucellosis
- mycobacterial lymphadenitis

  • tuberculous lymphadenitis
  • non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis
  • mycobacterial lymphadenitis in immunocompromised
  • BCG lymphadenitis

- Whipple disease
- chronic granulomatous disease
- toxoplasmosis
- leishmanial lymphadenitis
- Pneumocystic carinii lymphadenitis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- Kikuchi disease (Kikuchi adenitis )
- Kimura disease
- drug-associated lymphadenitis
- dermatopathic lymphadenitis
- sarcoidosis (sarcoid lymphadenitis )
- Castleman disease

See also

- nodal anomalies
- nodal diseases