Calcific cervical lymphadenopathy (differential)

Last revised by Francis Deng on 24 Jan 2020

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Citation:

Deng F, Bell D, Calcific cervical lymphadenopathy (differential). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 19 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-71318

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-71318

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/71318

rID:

71318

Article created:

28 Sep 2019, Francis Deng ◉

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Last revised:

24 Jan 2020, Francis Deng ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Francis Deng had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

3 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Head & Neck

Sections:

Gamuts

Synonyms:

Calcified cervical lymphadenopathy (differential)
Calcified cervical lymph nodes
Calcified neck lymph nodes
Cervical node calcification

Calcific cervical lymphadenopathy is uncommon and has a limited differential diagnosis, including malignant and benign etiologies. The most frequent causes include ¹:

malignancies (more common)
- metastatic thyroid carcinoma (most common; papillary or medullary types) ^2,5
- metastatic adenocarcinoma, most commonly from breast or lung
- metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck ^3,4
- treated lymphoma
benign conditions