Lymphadenopathy

Kawasaki disease (KD) is a self-limited multisystemic disease of unknown etiology that typically causes fever and acute inflammation in young children. It is also referred to as "mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome," because of its involvement of the mucous membranes, skin, and lymph nodes. It has 3 stages that lasts about 12 days which are comprised of the acute, subacute, and convalescent phases. This syndrome may result in the complication of damage to the coronary arteries, due to inflammatory…

Patient F.C. physical exam presents with a male whose general appearance resembles his stated age. He appears ill with noted restlessness, sweating profusely and in acute pain (being bent forward on the exam table). His vital signs are abnormal with a low B/P of 85/60, elevated HR of 120, elevated respiratory rate of 35 and a temperature of 101.4. His weight is 154 lbs and a height of 5’ 7.5”; BMI is normal at 23.8. Patient is awake and oriented to person, place and time; able to follow…

___ [NAME] returned to the oncology clinic today to follow up on her lymphadenopathy, and several studies that were performed recently. One was a bone marrow (aspirate and) biopsy, and this was negative for any malignancy. There was (a lymphocytosis), but flow cytometry did not identify any malignant forms. Fortunately, no evidence of leukemia or lymphoma were identified. At the time the bone marrow was done, her platelet count had dropped significantly to 27,000. It had been over 300,000.…

CC Cough. Body aches. S The patient is a 39-year-old female who has been sick for the past one week. She states it started last Wednesday with a cough. She is coughing quite consistently, it is productive to her throat, but she does not spit it out. She also states she started having body aches, which began on Saturday. She has been moving a lot of boxes, as she and her husband are moving to North Carolina at the end of this month. She states, however that the body aches are different than…

scratch from an infected cat but is also transmitted through a cat bite and, in some instances, cat fleas (Forbes, 2007). The formation of a papule at the site of the bite or scratch is the initial symptom followed by lymphadenopathy. One of the most common causes of chronic lymphadenopathy in children and adolescents is cat scratch disease (Nervi, 2014). In the United States, there is about 24,000 cases annually of catch scratch disease; 80% of these cases appear in children (Forbes, 2007). …

itching, (-) pigment changes, (-) texture changes, (-) unusual nail/ hair growth HEENT: (-) head trauma, (-) eye discharge, (-) conjunctivitis, (-) ear discharge, (-) nasal discharge, (-) mouth ulcers, (-) tonsillar exudate, (-) anterior cervical lymphadenopathy, (-) tenderness, (+) spitting up after…

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) is a type of cancer that originates in the lymphatic system, the system in the body that is responsible for fighting disease, and is known to be the 6th most common cause of cancer death.1 There are many different types of lymphoma and is classified based on multiple factors such as the pathophysiology of the disease, how the disease metastasizes to other organs and its response to treatment. The two main types of lymphoma are NHL and Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Hodgkin’s…

from covering a small patch on tonsils to covering most of the soft palate. some can be treated without treatment, but others may develop severe disease. Patients with severe disease may develop marked edema around the anterior neck along with lymphadenopathy. It almost looks likes like bull neck. It severe toxins are absorbed, patient may even die within 6-10…

1 Emphysema 2 Pulmonary fibrosis – likely asbestosis 3 Type 2 diabetes 4 Hypertension 5 Depression Thank you for Lindsay Cullen. Unfortunately, a referral letter was not available at the time of consultation, but I gather Lindsay is a retired Telstra maintenance worker who reports asbestos exposure over a ten-year period, up until 25 years ago. Lindsay is also an ex-smoker of approximately 20 pack-years, having ceased this habit 25 years ago. As you are aware, for a number of years Lindsay…

Signs and Symptoms: HIV should be viewed as a continuum which includes initial infection, asymptomatic latent infection, symptomatic infection and end-stage AIDS diagnosis. The progression along a person’s continuum cannot be predicted as it varies from person to person. Since each person’s progression through HIV is different, each person should be viewed as an individual regardless of symptoms they may present with. There are various symptoms that a person can present with during the…