{"id":1810,"date":"2017-12-04T09:31:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T09:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/others\/cervical-lymphadenopathy\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:26","slug":"cervical-lymphadenopathy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/others\/misc\/cervical-lymphadenopathy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cervical lymphadenopathy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Differential diagnosis<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Infection\n<ul>\n<li>URTI &#8211; reactive lymphadenitis<\/li>\n<li>Infectious mononucleosis<\/li>\n<li>HIV infection &#8211; risk factors e.g. MSM, IV drug use<\/li>\n<li>Hepatitis<\/li>\n<li>Syphilis<\/li>\n<li>Dengue fever<\/li>\n<li>TB &#8211; risk factors e.g. exposure, travel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Malignancy\n<ul>\n<li>Metastatic disease &#8211; breast lumps, cough, haemoptysis, smoker<\/li>\n<li>Lymphoma<\/li>\n<li>Acute leukaemia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Autoimmune\n<ul>\n<li>SLE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Data gathering<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags\n<ul>\n<li>duration &gt; 6weeks<\/li>\n<li>rapidly increasing<\/li>\n<li>weight loss<\/li>\n<li>night sweats<\/li>\n<li>exposure to TB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; see above<\/li>\n<li>Examine\n<ul>\n<li>Lump &#8211; size, shape, consistency, mobile, tender, transillumination<\/li>\n<li>Other LN<\/li>\n<li>Lung, Breast, ENT examinations<\/li>\n<li>Abdominal examination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4>Clinical management<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Investigations\n<ul>\n<li>Bloods &#8211; FBC, U+E, LFTs, ESR, Monospot test, HIV, Hepatitis, Syphilis<\/li>\n<li>Xray &#8211; CXR<\/li>\n<li>USS Abdomen &#8211; if suspecting organomegaly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Treatment\n<ul>\n<li>As per cause<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow-up \/ Safety-net\n<ul>\n<li>Refer if red flags (&gt;6\/52 duration, &gt;2cm in size, rapidly enlarging, generalised lympadenopathy, organomegaly)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Differential diagnosis Infection URTI &#8211; reactive lymphadenitis Infectious mononucleosis HIV infection &#8211; risk factors e.g. MSM, IV drug use Hepatitis Syphilis Dengue fever TB &#8211; risk factors e.g. exposure, travel Malignancy Metastatic disease &#8211; breast lumps, cough, haemoptysis, smoker Lymphoma Acute leukaemia Autoimmune SLE &nbsp; Data gathering Red flags duration &gt; 6weeks rapidly increasing weight &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/others\/misc\/cervical-lymphadenopathy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cervical lymphadenopathy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2487,"menu_order":202,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1810","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2040,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1810\/revisions\/2040"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}