What's the difference between lymphadenopathy and lymphitis?
Lymphadenopathy
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Twenty patients with non-small cell bronchogenic carcinoma were prospectively studied for intrathoracic lymphadenopathy using computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
(2) It was recently demonstrated that MRL-lpr lymphoid cells transferred into lethally irradiated MRL- +mice unexpectedly failed to induce the early onset of lupus syndrome and massive lymphadenopathy of the donor, instead they caused a severe wasting syndrome resembling graft-vs-host (GvH) disease.
(3) The clinical and roentgenographic features of xanthogranulomatosis bear a close resemblance to those seen in two fibrosclerosing syndromes: sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy and retroperitoneal fibrosis.
(4) Two young patients presented with generalised lymphadenopathy, otorrhoea, otitis, and rash.
(5) In conclusion it should be stated that there is some evidence for at least two defects of cellular immunity associated with AIDS and to some extent, with AIDS-endangered homosexuals suffering from lymphadenopathy: first the defect of PMNL to answer to concanavalin A with increased metabolic activity, and secondly the defect of PMNL to start phagocytosis induced by Zymosan with a subsequent release of oxygen radicals which are measurable as chemiluminescence.
(6) Clinical features such as age, duration of disease, extent of lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, or parotid swelling failed to identify those subsets of patients with lymphadenopathy at increased risk for lymphoma.
(7) Other symptoms are less common and include skin lesions, decreased pulmonary diffusing capacity, diminished esophageal motility, lymphadenopathy, and polyserositis.
(8) Computed tomographic scan and ultrasound examination revealed no other lymphadenopathies.
(9) 87 others developed persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (PGL).
(10) Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy is a distinct clinical entity, with ophthalmic involvement in 10% of patients.
(11) Most children became symptomatic before the age of 6 months and presenting features seen in over 70% of cases included lymphadenopathy, failure to thrive and hepatomegaly.
(12) She also had alopecia, a generalized lymphadenopathy, digital clubbing, and bilateral parotid enlargement.
(13) The authors emphasize a regional approach for the diagnosis of lymphadenopathy, according to the groupings of retrocrural, retroperitoneal, gastrohepatic ligament, porta hepatis, celiac and superior mesenteric artery, pancreaticoduodenal, perisplenic, mesenteric, and pelvic lymph nodes.
(14) To investigate the role of EBV in development of HIV-related lymphoma, benign fixed lymph node biopsies from normal individuals and HIV-infected individuals with persistent generalized lymphadenopathy (PGL) were analyzed for EBV sequences by polymerase chain reaction and in situ DNA hybridization techniques.
(15) Lymphadenopathy and involvement of liver, spleen, skin, and lung may be present, and 5% or more abnormal T-lymphocytes are seen in PB in most cases .
(16) Of those without pulmonary tuberculosis, 85% had lymphadenopathy, bone and joint disease, or pleural effusion.
(17) 3 had persistent generalized lymphadenopathy and 9 were asymptomatic carriers.
(18) Four patients with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia (AILD) had lymphograms that did not show a consistent radiographic pattern.
(19) The lymphadenopathy was diagnosed cytologically as necrotizing lymphadenitis and histologically as acute lupus lymphadenitis.
(20) Signs include lid edema, periauricular lymphadenopathy, conjunctival injection, follicular reaction, and typically subconjunctival hemorrhages.