Increased size of one or more lymph nodes. Most are in the neck. Also, includes swollen lymph nodes in the armpit or groin It's larger than the same node on the other side of the body Normal nodes are ...

You might have surgery to remove lymph nodes in your tummy (abdomen). These are called the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. This operation is called a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. This is a ...

Intraoperative frozen biopsy and sentinel lymph nodes technique have not shown sufficient accuracy to avoid extended lymphadenectomy, due to the significant rates of skip lymphatic metastasis.

When an armpit lump is related to breast cancer, it is usually due to lymph node involvement. There are hundreds of lymph nodes throughout your body, and one of their primary roles is to filter ...

A bronchoscopy is a medical procedure that allows healthcare providers to look inside your airways and lungs using a bronchoscope—a thin and flexible tube with a small camera. A pulmonologist (a ...

Chest CT scan showing randomly distributed micronodules in the lungs, together with enlargement of the hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes. During hospitalization, microbiological and ...

Flexible bronchoscopy showed multiple mucosal nodules in the right lobar bronchi. Histopathology of the endobronchial biopsy showed chronic inflammatory cell infiltrate, while endobronchial ultrasound ...

A doctor may suspect lymphangitis from a person’s symptoms. If a person has swollen lymph nodes, red streaks extending from an injury, or other signs of infection, a doctor may begin treatment ...

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and chronic myeloid leukemia (CLL) are the two main types of chronic leukemia, each of which is more likely to cause vague, generalized symptoms like: Fatigue and ...

Superseded By 2013 Guideline: British Thoracic Society Guidelines on Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy. Thorax 2001 Feb; 56(Suppl 1): 1–21.