Pediatric Care Online, 2020 Key Points Palpable cervical, occipital, and inguinal lymph nodes are common in healthy children. Important to distinguish reactive from infiltrative and localized from generalized adenopathy Knowing which group of lymph nodes drains which area(s) of the body helps direct diagnostic evaluation.
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Radiation therapy for primary carcinoma of the extrahepatic biliary system. An analysis of 63 cases. [PDF]
, 1991 From 1976 to 1988, 63 patients received radiation therapy for primary cancers of the extrahepatic biliary system (eight gallbladder and 55 extrahepatic biliary duct). Twelve patients underwent orthotopic liver transplantation.
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Acute Jaundice in a Six-year-old: An Unusual Presentation of Atypical Kawasaki Disease [PDF]
, 2020 Kawasaki disease (KD) is a rare vasculitis of childhood that is critical to recognize and treat due to associated morbidity and mortality. A six-year-old male presented to our emergency department (ED) afebrile but with reported recent fevers.
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Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome in pregnancy: a case of favorable mother - fetal outcome in a well-controlled disease [PDF]
, 2014 The autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome(ALPS)is a disorder of abnormal lymphocyte survival caused by the dysregulation of theFasapoptotic pathway. The Fas geneis expressed at the maternal–fetal interface and is involved in the regulation of immune ...
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Toxoplasma lymphadenopathy [PDF]
, 1968 Toxoplasmosis is a common and widely distributed infection, especially in warm moist climates. This is shown by the high incidence of positive serological tests found in appropriate surveys.
Attard, Raphael
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Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility Assay for Rapid Diagnosis of Lymph Node Tuberculosis and Detection of Drug Resistance. [PDF]
, 2015 In this study, 132 patients with lymphadenopathy were investigated. Fifty-two (39.4%) were diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB). The microscopic observation drug susceptibility (MODS) assay provided rapid (13 days), accurate diagnosis (sensitivity, 65.4 ...
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Multicentric B-cell lymphoma in a pygmy goat [PDF]
, 2016 A six-year-old, male pygmy goat was referred with a sudden onset of peripheral lymphadenopathy, which initially started as enlarged inguinal lymph nodes. Clinical examination showed swollen retropharyngeal, prescapular and inguinal lymph nodes. Serologic
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HIV-associated multi-centric Castleman’s disease with multiple organ failure: cuccessful treatment with rituximab [PDF]
, 2010 Introduction: Multicentric Castleman's Disease (MCD), a lymphoproliferative disorder associated with Human Herpes Virus-8 (HHV-8) infection, is increasing in incidence amongst HIV patients.
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A Case of Reactive Cervical Lymphadenopathy with Fat Necrosis Impinging on Adjacent Vascular Structures. [PDF]
, 2016 A tender neck mass in adults can be a diagnostic challenge due to a wide differential diagnosis, which ranges from reactive lymphadenopathy to malignancy.
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Aplastic Crisis as Primary Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus [PDF]
, 2011 Aplastic crisis is an unusual feature of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We report the case of a 54-year-old woman presenting with both (extravascular) Coombs-positive hemolytic anemia and laboratory findings of bone marrow hyporegeneration with ...
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