Bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy (differential)

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Bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy can result from a number of causes and generally implies a systemic process. They include:

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  • -<p><strong>Bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy</strong> can result from a number of causes and generally implies a systemic process. They include</p><ul><li>autoimmune diseases : e.g&#160;<a href="/articles/rheumatoid-arthritis" title="rheumatoid arthritis"></a><ul><li><a href="/articles/rheumatoid-arthritis" title="rheumatoid arthritis">rheumatoid arthritis</a></li><li><a href="/articles/scleroderma" title="Scleroderma">scleroderma</a></li><li><a href="/articles/dermatomyositis" title="Dermatomyositis">dermatomyositis</a>&#160;<sup>5</sup></li><li><a href="/articles/systemic-lupus-erythematosus-sle" title="systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)">systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)</a></li><li><a href="/articles/psoriasis" title="psoriasis">psoriasis</a></li><li><a href="/articles/sjogren-syndrome-2" title="Sjogren Syndrome">Sjogren syndrome</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="/articles/lymphoma" title="lymphoma">lymphoma</a></li><li><a href="/articles/leukaemia" title="leukaemia">leukaemia</a></li><li><a href="/articles/diabetic-mastopathy" title="diabetic mastopathy">diabetic mastopathy</a> <sup>2&#160;</sup></li><li>HIV associated conditions : e.g <a href="/articles/kaposi-sarcoma" title="Kaposi Sarcoma">Kaposi sarcoma</a> associated immmune reconstitution syndrome&#160;<sup>1</sup></li><li>lymphoid hyperplasia from acute or chronic infection / inflammation
  • -<ul><li><a href="/articles/infectious-mononucleosis" title="infectious mononucleosis">infectious mononucleosis</a></li><li><a href="/articles/cat-stratch-disease" title="cat stratch disease">cat stratch disease</a></li></ul></li><li>granulomatous disease
  • -<ul><li><a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1" title="Sarcoidosis">sarcoidosis</a></li><li><a href="/articles/tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a></li><li><a href="/articles/silicone-induced-granulomatous-adenitis" title="silicone induced granulomatous adenitis">silicone induced granulomatous adenitis</a></li></ul></li><li>axillary nodal metastases : e.g.
  • -<ul><li><a href="/articles/breast-neoplasms" title="Breast cancer">breast cancer </a>: uncommon o be bilateral</li><li>non breast malignancies
  • -<ul><li><a href="/articles/bronchogenic-carcinoma" title="Lung Cancer">lung cancer</a></li><li><a href="/articles/melanoma" title="melanoma">melanoma</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><a href="/articles/kikuchi-fujimoto_disease" title="Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD)">Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease</a>&#160;<sup>4</sup></li></ul><h4>See also</h4><ul><li><a href="/articles/differential-diagnosis-of-unilateral-axillary-lymphadenopathy" title="differential diagnosis of unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy">differential diagnosis of unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy</a></li><li><a href="/articles/differential-diagnosis-of-calcific-axillary-lymphadenopathy" title="Differential diagnosis of calcific axillary lymphadenopathy">differential diagnosis of calcific axillary lymphadenopathy</a></li><li><a href="/articles/axillary-nodes" title="Axillary lymph nodes">axillary lymph nodes</a></li></ul>
  • +<p><strong>Bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy</strong> can result from a number of causes and generally implies a systemic process. They include:</p><ul>
  • +<li>autoimmune diseases, e.g.:<ul>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/rheumatoid-arthritis">rheumatoid arthritis</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/scleroderma">scleroderma</a></li>
  • +<li>
  • +<a href="/articles/dermatomyositis">dermatomyositis</a> <sup>5</sup>
  • +</li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/systemic-lupus-erythematosus-sle">systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/psoriasis">psoriasis</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/sjogren-syndrome-1">Sjögren syndrome</a></li>
  • +</ul>
  • +</li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/lymphoma">lymphoma</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/leukaemia">leukaemia</a></li>
  • +<li>
  • +<a href="/articles/diabetic-mastopathy">diabetic mastopathy</a> <sup>2 </sup>
  • +</li>
  • +<li>HIV associated conditions, e.g. <a href="/articles/kaposi-sarcoma">Kaposi sarcoma</a> associated immmune reconstitution syndrome <sup>1</sup>
  • +</li>
  • +<li>lymphoid hyperplasia from acute or chronic infection/inflammation<ul>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/infectious-mononucleosis">infectious mononucleosis</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/cat-stratch-disease">cat stratch disease</a></li>
  • +</ul>
  • +</li>
  • +<li>granulomatous disease<ul>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/sarcoidosis-1">sarcoidosis</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/silicone-induced-granulomatous-adenitis">silicone induced granulomatous adenitis</a></li>
  • +</ul>
  • +</li>
  • +<li>axillary nodal metastases, e.g.:<ul>
  • +<li>
  • +<a href="/articles/breast-neoplasms">breast cancer</a>: uncommon to be bilateral</li>
  • +<li>non-breast malignancies<ul>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/lung-cancer-3">lung cancer</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/melanoma">melanoma</a></li>
  • +</ul>
  • +</li>
  • +</ul>
  • +</li>
  • +<li>
  • +<a href="/articles/kikuchi-fujimoto-disease">Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease</a> <sup>4</sup>
  • +</li>
  • +</ul><h4>See also</h4><ul>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/differential-diagnosis-of-unilateral-axillary-lymphadenopathy">differential diagnosis of unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/differential-diagnosis-of-calcific-axillary-lymphadenopathy">differential diagnosis of calcific axillary lymphadenopathy</a></li>
  • +<li><a href="/articles/axillary-nodes">axillary lymph nodes</a></li>
  • +</ul>

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