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lymphadenitis

Tuesday 16 March 2004

MeSH:D008199 Wikipedia

Digital case

- HPC:154 : Mycobacterial adenitis
- 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)

Definition: Adenitis is a general term for an inflammation of a lymph node .

Types - lesional syndromes

- acute adenitis
- chronic adenitis

- necrotizing adenitis

Localization

- cervical adenitis

  • Cervical adenitis is an inflammation of a lymph node in the neck.

- mesenteric adenitis

  • Mesenteric adenitis is an inflammation of the mesenteric lymph nodes in the abdomen.
  • If it occurs in the right lower quadrant, it can be mistaken for acute appendicitis.

Etiology

- infectious adenitis

- dysimmune adenitis

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