1/4. Dermatopathic lymphadenitis presenting as lateral breast mass.Two cases of dermatopathic lymphadenitis involved external mammary lymph nodes and presented clinically as breast masses. The variable position and number of external mammary lymph nodes account for the difficulty in differentiating intrinsic breast pathological conditions of the lateral margin of the breast from lymphadenitis. Recent publicity may account for a lower threshold for detection of such lesions by patients as well as physicians. Dermatopathic lymphadenitis should be included in the differential diagnosis of persistent solid masses involving the lateral margin of the breast and should be confirmed by excisional biopsy.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = physician (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/4. A case of non-tuberculous mycobacterial lymphadenitis diagnosed with new skin tests and PCR.Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) cervical lymphadenitis has been rarely reported in japan. We report on a case of a 15 month old child with NTM cervical lymphadenitis who was diagnosed with new skin tests containing NTM antigens and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method. These two diagnostic methods were highly useful in the present case, therefore we anticipate they will become available to other Japanese physicians to expedite the diagnosis of NTM lymphadenitis.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = physician (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/4. Nosocomial staphylococcal cervical lymphadenitis in infants: report of an outbreak.staphylococcus aureus infections developed in 16 of 721 infants born at a general hospital during a six-month period (October 1972 to March 1973). Twelve of the 16 affected infants had cervical adenitis, which usually became manifest two to four months after they were discharged from the hospital. Although most infants with adenitis underwent incision and drainage procedures, physicians noted few constitutional symptoms. Staphylococcal phage types from infants with adenitis were identical to phage types commonly recovered from colonized newborns and nursery personnel at the hospital. Despite the long period between hospital discharge and onset of clinical symptoms, cases of cervical adenitis were probably nosocomial in origin.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = physician (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/4. mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome in Denver.Four children with acute febrile mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome (MLNS) were hospitalized in Denver over a two-year period. The children had most of the principle features of this recently described syndrome, including prolonged fever unresponsive to antibiotics, an erythematous rash, conjunctivitis, pharyngitis, and nonsuppurative cervical lymphadenitis. Three of the children exhibited characteristic desquamation from the fingertips or toes during convalescence. None developed clinical or electrocardiographic evidence of coronary thromboarteritis, the most serious complication of the disease. Additional cases undoubtedly will be reported in the united states as physicians become famililar with this new syndrome and learn to distinguish it from the other acute febrile exanthems.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = physician (Clic here for more details about this article) |