Lymphadenopathy is swelling of one or more lymph nodes (also called lymph glands). It is a recognised symptom of many diseases, which include:

• reactive: acute infection (e.g. bacterial, or viral), or chronic infections (tuberculous lymphadenitis, cat-scratch disease). When the infection is of the lymph nodes themselves, it is called lymphadenitis, but when the infection is of the lymph channels, it is called lymphangitis.
• tumoral: Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, metastasis
• unknown etiology: sarcoidosis.
• it is also a sympton of cutaneous anthrax

External links

• - Lymphadenitis and lymphangitis
• Merck on Lymphadenopathy
• What to do if your child has swollen lymph nodes from Seattle Children's Hospital

Medical signs

Adénopathie | לימפדנופתיה | Limfadenopatia | Linfadenopatia | Лимфаденопатия