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Cystic (necrotic) lymph nodes

Last revised by Mohamed Saber ◉ on 6 Jan 2021

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Citation:

Gaillard F, Saber M, Deng F, et al. Cystic (necrotic) lymph nodes. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 01 Dec 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1194

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1194

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https://radiopaedia.org/articles/1194

rID:

1194

Article created:

2 May 2008, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

6 Jan 2021, Mohamed Saber ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Mohamed Saber had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

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

Systems:

Chest, Gastrointestinal, Head & Neck, Oncology

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Gamuts

Synonyms:

Differential diagnosis of cystic necrotic nodes
Necrotic lymph node
Cystic lymphadenopathy
Necrotic lymphadenopathy
Cystic necrotic nodes

Cystic or necrotic appearing lymph nodes can be caused by a number of infectious, inflammatory or malignant conditions:

Systemic

Neck

2^nd branchial cleft cyst
papillary thyroid carcinoma nodal metastases
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease

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Cystic (necrotic) lymph nodes

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