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Scrofula...usually a result of an infection in the lymph nodes, known as lymphadenitis. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, such as scrofula, is observed most often in ...
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Tuberculosis... Fever Night sweats Hemoptysis Chest pain (can also result from tuberculous acute pericarditis) Fatigue Symptoms of tuberculous meningitis may ...
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Atypical Mycobacterial Infection... complex (MAC) and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum are associated with lymphadenitis in immunocompetent children. All nodes in the cervical chain can be ...
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LymphadenitisLymphadenitis. Lymphadenitis is the inflammation or enlargement of a lymph node. ...Introduction Background Lymphadenitis is the inflammation or ...
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Lymph Node Disorders... Clinical features are not helpful in distinguishing atypical from tuberculous mycobacterial infections. Nodal enlargement is usually painless; nodes ...
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Cutaneous Kikuchi Disease... Kikuchi disease is an idiopathic, self-limited necrotizing lymphadenitis. Kikuchi disease commonly presents with cervical lymphadenopathy ...
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Branchial Cleft Cysts Imaging... carcinoma), necrotic metastases (eg, squamous cell carcinoma), and tuberculous lymphadenitis can result in low-attenuating lymph nodes. In patients ...
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Fine-Needle Aspiration of Neck Masses... may be encountered when trying to distinguish lymphoma from reactive lymphadenitis. The accurate cellular diagnosis of a specific lymphoma depends on ...
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Pediatric HIV InfectionPediatric HIV Infection. Over the past 30 years, since the first cases of what is now recognized as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection were ...
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Abdominal Hernias... antibiotic therapy. Children commonly develop cat-scratch disease lymphadenitis. Feline contact by a scratch or bite causes Bartonella henselae ...