Diagnosaurus
Cervical lymphadenopathy
DDx
- Upper respiratory tract infection
- Bacterial infection of upper extremities
- Metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma in mouth, pharynx, larynx, upper esophagus
- Lymphoma
- Tuberculous lymphadenitis (scrofula)
- Cat-scratch disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Lyme disease
- Toxoplasmosis
- Autoimmune adenopathy
- Kikuchi's disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis)
- Tularemia
- Actinomycosis (cervicofacial)
- Drug-induced pseudolymphoma (classically phenytoin)
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Cervical Lymphadenopathy." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114369/all/Cervical_lymphadenopathy.
Zeiger RFR. Cervical lymphadenopathy. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114369/all/Cervical_lymphadenopathy. Accessed November 4, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Cervical lymphadenopathy. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114369/all/Cervical_lymphadenopathy
Zeiger RFR. Cervical Lymphadenopathy [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 November 04]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114369/all/Cervical_lymphadenopathy.
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