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Definition of an enlarged lymph node
Moved to here since it's not that relevant.
- By size, where lymphadenopathy in adults is often defined as a short axis of one or more lymph nodes is greater than 10mm.[1][2] However, there is regional variation as detailed in this table:
| Generally | 10 mm[1][2] |
| Inguinal | 10[3] – 20 mm[4] |
| Pelvis | 10 mm for ovoid lymph nodes, 8 mm for rounded[3] |
| Neck | |
|---|---|
| Generally (non-retropharyngeal) | 10 mm[3][5] |
| Jugulodigastric lymph nodes | 11mm[3] or 15 mm[5] |
| Retropharyngeal | 8 mm[5]
|
| Mediastinum | |
| Mediastinum, generally | 10 mm[3] |
| Superior mediastinum and high paratracheal | 7mm[6] |
| Low paratracheal and subcarinal | 11 mm[6] |
| Upper abdominal | |
| Retrocrural space | 6 mm[7] |
| Paracardiac | 8 mm[7] |
| Gastrohepatic ligament | 8 mm[7] |
| Upper paraaortic region | 9 mm[7] |
| Portacaval space | 10 mm[7] |
| Porta hepatis | 7 mm[7] |
| Lower paraaortic region | 11 mm[7] |
Lymphadenopathy of the axillary lymph nodes can be defined as solid nodes measuring more than 15 mm without fatty hilum.[8] Axillary lymph nodes may be normal up to 30 mm if consisting largely of fat.[8]
In children, a short axis of 8 mm can be used.[9] However, inguinal lymph nodes of up to 15 mm and cervical lymph nodes of up to 20 mm are generally normal in children up to age 8–12.[10]
Lymphadenopathy of more than 1.5 cm - 2 cm increases the risk of cancer or granulomatous disease as the cause rather than only inflammation or infection.[11]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ganeshalingam, Skandadas; Koh, Dow-Mu (2009). "Nodal staging ". Cancer Imaging 9 (1): 104–111. doi:. ISSN 1470-7330. PMID 20080453.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schmidt Júnior, Aurelino Fernandes; Rodrigues, Olavo Ribeiro; Matheus, Roberto Storte; Kim, Jorge Du Ub; Jatene, Fábio Biscegli (2007). "Distribuição, tamanho e número dos linfonodos mediastinais: definições por meio de estudo anatômico ". Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia 33 (2): 134–140. doi:. ISSN 1806-3713. PMID 17724531.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Current concepts in lymph node imaging ". Journal of Nuclear Medicine 45 (9): 1509–18. September 2004. PMID 15347718.
- ↑ . Assessment of lymphadenopathy. BMJ Best Practice. Retrieved on 2017-03-04. Last updated: Last updated: Feb 16, 2017
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Page 432 in: Luca Saba (2016). Image Principles, Neck, and the Brain . CRC Press. ISBN 9781482216202.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sharma, Amita; Fidias, Panos; Hayman, L. Anne; Loomis, Susanne L.; Taber, Katherine H.; Aquino, Suzanne L. (2004). "Patterns of Lymphadenopathy in Thoracic Malignancies ". RadioGraphics 24 (2): 419–434. doi:. ISSN 0271-5333. PMID 15026591. Archived from the original. .
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Dorfman, R E; Alpern, M B; Gross, B H; Sandler, M A (1991). "Upper abdominal lymph nodes: criteria for normal size determined with CT. ". Radiology 180 (2): 319–322. doi:. ISSN 0033-8419. PMID 2068292.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Page 559 in: Wolfgang Dähnert (2011). Radiology Review Manual . Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 9781609139438.
- ↑ Page 942 in: Richard M. Gore, Marc S. Levine (2010). High Yield Imaging Gastrointestinal HIGH YIELD in Radiology . Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 9781455711444.
- ↑ Laurence Knott. Generalised Lymphadenopathy. Patient UK. Retrieved on 2017-03-04. Last checked: 24 March 2014
- ↑ "Lymphadenopathy and malignancy ". American Family Physician 66 (11): 2103–10. December 2002. PMID 12484692.