Adult cervical lymphadenopathy (differential)

Last revised by Ian Bickle ◉ on 4 Feb 2021

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Bickle I, Bell D, et al. Adult cervical lymphadenopathy (differential). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 10 Jun 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-10731

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-10731

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/10731

rID:

10731

Article created:

13 Sep 2010, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

4 Feb 2021, Ian Bickle ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Ian Bickle had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

9 times, by 6 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Head & Neck, Oncology

Sections:

Gamuts

Tags:

oncology

Synonyms:

Differential diagnosis of adult cervical lymph node enlargement
Differential diagnosis of adult cervical lymphadenopathy

Cervical lymphadenopathy in an adult can result from a vast number of conditions. They include:

malignancy
- metastases
  - from head and neck tumors
- lymphoma
other neoplastic lesions
- Castleman disease
- Kaposi sarcoma
infection
- bacterial infection
- viral infection
  - Epstein-Barr virus
  - herpes simplex virus
  - cytomegalovirus
- mycobacterial
  - tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis
  - non-tuberculous mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis
others
- Kimura disease
- Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) ¹
- AIDS-related lymphadenopathy
- sinus histiocytosis (Rosai-Dorfman disease): young adults ²

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Case 1: metastases : papillary thyroid cancerCase 1: metastases : papillary thyroid cancer

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Case 2: tuberculous cervical lymphadenitisCase 2: tuberculous cervical lymphadenitis

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Case 3: malignancy : lymphocyticCase 3: malignancy : lymphocytic

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Case 4: metastatic node from squamous origin primary Case 4: metastatic node from squamous origin primary

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Case 5: Hodgkin lymphomaCase 5: Hodgkin lymphoma

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