Swollen lymph nodes
Swollen lymph nodes: Introduction
The lymph nodes are part of the lymphatic system
that is part of the immune system.
Lymph nodes often swell in response to infection or disease.
Sometimes this is somewhat inaccurately called "swollen glands" (lymph nodes
are not glands; they do not secrete anything).
The most common locations of lymph node swelling
are in the neck, groin and underarm, though many other locations are possible....more »
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Causes of Swollen lymph nodes:
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- 4
causes are "very common" diseases
- 4
causes are "common" diseases
- 1
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 33
causes are "very rare" diseases
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Conditions listing medical symptoms: Swollen lymph nodes:
The following list of conditions
have 'Swollen lymph nodes' or similar
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- Acanthocytosis
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Acute adult T-Cell leukemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Acute basophilic leukaemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Acute cholinergic dysautonomia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Acute erythroleukemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Acute leukemia
... lymph node swelling
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, adult
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Susceptibility to
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Susceptibility to, 1
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Susceptibility to, 2
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Acute myelofibrosis
... enlarge lymph nodes
- Acute panmyelosis
... enlarge lymph nodes
- Acute pharyngitis
... swollen neck lymph glands
- Adenocarcinoma, Follicular
... swollen lymph nodes
- Adenoviridae Infections
... swollen lymph nodes
- Adenovirus infection in immunocompromised patients
... swollen lymph nodes
- Adult onset Still's disease
... generalized lymphadenopathy
- Adult T-Cell leukemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
... Lymphadenopathy
- Adult T-Cell lymphoma
... enlarged lymph nodes
- African Sleeping sickness
... swollen lymph nodes, lymphadenopathy
- African tick typhus
... swollen lymph glands
- Aggressive NK-cell leukaemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Aggressive systemic mastocytosis
... enlarged lymph nodes
- AIDS
... swollen glands
- AIDS-Related Complex
... swollen lymph glands, enlarged lymph nodes
- ALL-Down syndrome
... swollen lymph nodes
- Amyloidosis, inflammatory
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Angioimmunoblastic with dysproteinemia lymphadenopathy
... generalised lymphadenopathy
- Angiosarcoma
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Anthrax
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Antihypertensive drug allergy
... swollen lymph nodes
- Aplasia cutis congenital -- intestinal lymphangiectasia
... lymphedema
- Aplastic anemia
... swollen lymph glands
- Apo A-I deficiency
... lymphadenopathy
- Arachnidism
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Armpit Boil
... local lymph node swelling
- Arthritis -- short stature -- deafness
... lymphadenopathy
- Asrar-Facharzt-Haque syndrome
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Avasthey syndrome
... lymphedema
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- Cantu Sanchez-Corona Garcia-cruz syndrome
... lymphedema
- Caspase-8 deficiency
... lymphadenopathy
- Cat scratch disease
... lymph node swelling, enlarged lymph nodes, swollen lymph nodes
- Cellulitis
... swollen lymph nodes
- Central nervous system protozoal infections
... swollen lymph nodes
- Chagas disease
... generalized lymphadenopathy, Regional lymphadenopathy, lymphadenopathy
- Chancroid
... swollen groin lymph nodes
- Chediak-Higashi like syndrome
... lymphadenopathy
- Chromosome 22, trisomy
... lymphedema
- Chromosome 22q13 deletion
... lymphedema
- Chromosome 22q13.3 deletion syndrome
... lymphedema
- Chromosome 3, monosomy 3p14 p11
... lymphoedema
- Chronic adult T-Cell leukemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic Granulomatous Disease
... swollen glands, swollen lymph nodes
- Chronic leukemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Susceptibility to
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Susceptibility to, 1
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Susceptibility to, 2
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Susceptibility to, 3
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Susceptibility to, 4
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Susceptibility to, 5
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic Myeloproliferative Disease, Unclassified
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Chronic Neutrophilic Leukemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Classical Hodgkin disease
... groin lymph node swelling, neck lymph node swelling, underarm lymph node swelling, swollen lymph nodes
- Common Variable Immunodeficiency
... swollen glands, swollen lymph nodes, lymphadenopathy
- Congenital Athyma
... swollen glands
- Congenital Toxoplasmosis
... lymphadenopathy
- Congenital tuberculosis
... lymphadenopathy
- Cryoglobulinemia
... swollen lymph nodes
- Cutaneous Anthrax
... regional lymphadenopathy
- Cutaneous lymphoma
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Cytomegalovirus
... swollen lymph glands
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- Hand-Schuller-Christian Syndrome
... enlarge lymph nodes
- Hashimoto-Pritzker syndrome
... enlarge lymph nodes
- Heavy-chain diseases
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 1
... lymphadenopathy
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 2
... lymphadenopathy
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 3
... lymphadenopathy
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 4
... lymphadenopathy
- Hemophagocytic reticulosis
... lymphadenopathy
- Hip cancer
... enlarged glands/lymph nodes
- Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell
... lymphadenopathy
- HIV like lymphadenopathy
... enlarged lymph nodes
- HIV/AIDS
... swollen lymph glands, enlarged lymph nodes
- Hodgkin disease, X-linked pseudoautosomal
... swollen lymph nodes
- Hodgkin lymphoma, childhood
... swollen lymph nodes
- Hodgkin lymphoma, during pregnancy
... swollen lymph nodes
- Hodgkin's Disease
... painless swollen lymph nodes, progressive lymph node enlargement, groin lymph node swelling, neck lymph node swelling, underarm lymph node swelling, swollen lymph nodes
- Hodgkin's disease, adult
... Painless swollen lymph nodes
- Hodgkin's disease, childhood
... Painless swollen lymph nodes
- Hodgkin's disease, nodular sclerosis
... swollen lymph nodes
- Human T-lymphotropic virus type 3
... swollen lymph glands
- Hyper IgM syndrome 1
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Hyper IgM syndrome 3
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Hyper-IgM Syndrome
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Hypergammaglobulinemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Hyperimmunoglobinemia D with recurrent fever
... swollen glands
- Hypertrichotic osteochondrodysplasia
... lymphedema
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- Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis
... enlarge lymph nodes, swollen lymph glands
- Large granular lymphocyte leukemia
... lymphadenopathy
- Leishmaniasis
... swollen glands, lymphadenopathy
- Lemierre's syndrome
... swollen neck lymph nodes
- Letterer-Siwe disease
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Leukemia
... Swollen lymph nodes
- Leukemia, B-cell, chronic
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L1
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L2
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Acute, L3
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Leukemia, mast-cell
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute
... swollen lymph glands
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Philadelphia-Negative
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Philadelphia-Positive
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Leukemia, T-Cell
... swollen lymph nodes
- Leukemia, T-Cell, Acute
... swollen lymph nodes
- Leukemia, T-cell, chronic
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Lip cancer
... Lymphadenopathy
- Lipogranulomatosis
... lymphadenopathy
- Listeriosis
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Lizard poisoning
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Local anaesthetic allergy
... swollen lymph nodes
- Loiasis
... lymphedema
- Lubarsch-Pick syndrome
... enlarged neck lymph nodes
- Lupus
... Swollen glands, lymph node enlargement, enlarged lymph nodes
- Lyme disease
... swollen lymph nodes
- Lymph node neoplasm
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Lymphadenopathy, angioimmunoblastic with dysproteinemia
... lymphadenopathy
- Lymphangiectasies and lymphedema Hennekam type
... lymphedema
- Lymphangiomatosis, pulmonary
... lymphedema
- Lymphatic Filariasis
... lymphedema, swollen groin lymph nodes, swollen lymph nodes
- Lymphatic neoplasm
... swollen lymph glands
- Lymphatic Obstruction
... swollen lymph nodes
- Lymphatic system cancer
... Swollen lymph glands
- Lymphatic system tumors
... Swollen lymph glands
- Lymphedema -- ptosis
... lymphedema
- Lymphedema, congenital
... congenital lymphedema
- Lymphedema, congenital recessive
... congenital lymphedema
- Lymphedema, microcephaly and chorioretinopathy syndrome
... lymphedema
- Lymphoblastic lymphoma
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Lymphocyte depletion Hodgkin's disease
... swollen lymph nodes
- Lymphocytic leukemia
... Enlarged lymph nodes
- Lymphoedema -- lymphangiectasia -- mental retardation
... lymphedema
- Lymphoedema -- Microcephaly -- chorioretinopathy
... lymphedema
- Lymphoedema -- Microcephaly -- Chorioretinopathy Syndrome
... lymphedema
- Lymphogranuloma venereum
... swollen abdominal lymph nodes, swollen groin lymph nodes, swollen lymph nodes
- Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Lymphoma
... swollen groin lymph nodes, swollen lymph nodes, swollen neck lymph nodes
- Lymphoma, large-cell
... enlarged lymph nodes, lymphadenopathy
- Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Follicular
... enlarged lymph nodes, lymphadenopathy
- Lymphoma, large-cell, immunoblastic
... enlarged lymph nodes, lymphadenopathy
- Lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, diffuse
... enlarged lymph nodes, lymphadenopathy
- Lymphoma, small cleaved-cell, follicular
... enlarged lymph nodes, lymphadenopathy
- Lymphoproliferative disorders
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Lymphoproliferative syndrome, EBV-Associated, Autosomal, 1
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Lymphoproliferative Syndrome, X-Linked, 1
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Lymphoproliferative Syndrome, X-Linked, 2
... enlarged lymph nodes
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- Salivary gland cancer
... Cervical lymph node swelling
- Sarcoid
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Sarcoidosis
... enlarged lymph nodes, enlarged chest lymph nodes
- Scarlet fever
... swollen neck lymph glands
- Scarletina (Scarlet Fever)
... swollen lymph glands
- Schnitzler syndrome
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Scrub typhus
... regional lymphadenopathy
- Sea snake poisoning
... swollen lymph nodes
- Sea wasp poisoning
... lymph node swelling
- Sea wasp poisoning (Chiropsalmus quadrigatus)
... lymph node swelling
- Sea wasp poisoning -- Chironex fleckeri
... lymph node swelling
- Secernentea Infections
... lymphadenopathy
- Secondary Lymphatic Obstruction
... swollen lymph nodes
- Secondary syphilis
... generalized lymphadenopathy
- Serum sickness
... swollen lymph glands
- Severe combined immunodeficiency, atypical
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Sezary syndrome
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Shaver's disease
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Siccardi syndrome
... lymphadenopathy
- Sjogren syndrome, primary
... lymph node enlargement
- Sjogren syndrome, secondary
... lymph node enlargement
- Sjogren's syndrome, juvenile, secondary to autoimmune disease
... lymph node enlargement
- Smith disease
... swollen lymph nodes
- Smoldering adult T-Cell leukemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Sphingolipidosis
... lymphedema
- Spirochetes disease
... generalized lymphadenopathy
- Spleen neoplasm
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Spotted fevers
... Lymphadenopathy
- Squamous Cell Skin Cancer
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Stachybotrys chartarum
... swollen lymph nodes
- Still's Disease, Adult-Onset
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Strep throat
... swollen lymph nodes in neck
- Streptococcal Group A invasive disease
... swollen lymph glands
- Sulfa antibiotics allergy
... swollen lymph nodes
- Sulfone syndrome
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Superior mesenteric artery syndrome
... enlarge lymph nodes
- Syphilis
... swollen underarm lymph nodes, enlarged lymph nodes return to normal, swollen lymph gland, swollen lymph glands, enlarged groin lymph nodes, swollen groin lymph nodes, enlarged lymph nodes, swollen neck lymph nodes
- Systemic Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
... enlarge lymph nodes, enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Hemolytic Anemia, Susceptibility to, 1
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Nephritis, Susceptibility to, 1
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Vitiligo, Susceptibility to, 1
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 1
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 10
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 11
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 12
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 13
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 2
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 3
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 4
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 5
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 6
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 7
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 8
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Susceptibility to, 9
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Systemic mastocytosis
... lymphadenopathy
T
- T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia
... enlarged lymph nodes
- T-cell lymphoma 1A
... swollen lymph nodes
- T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia
... swollen lymph nodes
- Tang Hsi Ryu syndrome
... lymphadenopathy, lymphoedema
- Thigh Boil
... local lymph node swelling
- Thymic epithelial tumor
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Thymus Dysfunction
... swollen glands
- Thyroid cancer
... Swollen lymph nodes, Swollen neck lymph nodes
- Thyroid cancer, anaplastic
... enlarged lymph nodes
- Thyroid cancer, follicular
... swollen lymph nodes
- Thyroid cancer, Hurthle cell
... swollen lymph nodes
- Thyroid cancer, medullary
... swollen lymph nodes
- Thyroid cancer, papillary
... swollen lymph nodes
- Tonsilitis
... enlarged neck lymph glands, enlarged jaw lymph glands
- Toxoplasmosis
... enlarged lymph nodes, enlarged neck lymph nodes
- Treponema infection
... generalized lymphadenopathy
- Trypanosomiasis
... Swollen lymph nodes
- Trypanosomiasis, east-African
... lymphadenopathy
- Tularemia
... enlarged lymph nodes, cervical lymphadenopathy, swollen lymph nodes
- Turner Syndrome
... lymphedema
- Typhus
... swollen lymph nodes
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Conditions listing medical complications: Swollen lymph nodes:
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Classifications of Swollen lymph nodes:
Subtypes of Swollen lymph nodes:
Swollen glands (451 causes), Swollen neck lymph nodes (66 causes), Swollen lymph glands (65 causes), Enlarged lymph nodes (160 causes), Lymphadenopathy (192 causes), Swollen neck lymph nodes (66 causes), Lymphedema (73 causes), Generalized lymphadenopathy (20 causes), Generalised lymphadenopathy (18 causes), Cervical lymphadenopathy (54 causes), Lymphatic oedema (6 causes), Lymphoedema (41 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Swollen lymph nodes:
Swelling symptoms (3730 causes), Lymph symptoms (496 causes), Swollen glands (451 causes), Lymph system symptoms (496 causes)
Symptoms related to Swollen lymph nodes:
Lymph symptoms (496 causes), Swelling (3730 causes), Neck swelling (149 causes), Neck lump (87 causes), Neck symptoms (833 causes), Groin swelling (39 causes), Groin symptoms (51 causes), Underarm swelling, Underarm symptoms (43 causes), Edema (208 causes), Infection (1293 causes), Lymph node symptoms (496 causes), Swollen neck lymph nodes (66 causes), Swollen underarm lymph nodes, Common cold (712 causes), Infections (1293 causes), Viruses, Mononucleosis, Tonsilitis (2 causes), Lymphoma (18 causes), Hodgkin's disease, Leukemia, Tuberculosis, Sarcoidosis, Toxoplasmosis
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