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Lymph node abscess

MedGen UID:
473016
•Concept ID:
C0272396
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Lymph Node Abscess
SNOMED CT: Lymph node abscess (44298000)
 
HPO: HP:0033136

Definition

An inflamed lymph node that is filled with pus. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLymph node abscess

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Cloquet's lymph node abscess: a rare differential diagnosis of inguinocrural mass in the emergency setting.
Cifone T, Viñas JF, Sedziszow AS
Medicina (B Aires) 2023;83(3):492. PMID: 37379551

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The changing microbiology of neck abscesses in children: implications for antibiotic therapy.
Kawar L, Deshpande A, Kubba H
J Laryngol Otol 2022 Dec;136(12):1245-1248. Epub 2022 Jan 28 doi: 10.1017/S0022215122000251. PMID: 35086585
Clinical and microbiological survey of Serratia marcescens infection during HIV disease.
Manfredi R, Nanetti A, Ferri M, Chiodo F
Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 2000 Apr;19(4):248-53. doi: 10.1007/s100960050471. PMID: 10834812
Mycobacterium fortuitum complex in Sweden during an 11-year period.
Svahn A, Hoffner SE, Petrini B, Källenius G
Scand J Infect Dis 1997;29(6):573-7. doi: 10.3109/00365549709035897. PMID: 9571737

Diagnosis

Cloquet's lymph node abscess: a rare differential diagnosis of inguinocrural mass in the emergency setting.
Cifone T, Viñas JF, Sedziszow AS
Medicina (B Aires) 2023;83(3):492. PMID: 37379551
The changing microbiology of neck abscesses in children: implications for antibiotic therapy.
Kawar L, Deshpande A, Kubba H
J Laryngol Otol 2022 Dec;136(12):1245-1248. Epub 2022 Jan 28 doi: 10.1017/S0022215122000251. PMID: 35086585
Lymph node abscess caused by Francisella tularensis - a rare differential diagnosis for cervical lymph node swelling: a case report.
Rothweiler R, Fuessinger MA, Schmelzeisen R, Metzger MC
J Med Case Rep 2019 Aug 9;13(1):247. doi: 10.1186/s13256-019-2165-x. PMID: 31395094Free PMC Article
Disseminated Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection in a Patient with Anti-IFN-γ Autoantibodies.
Tanimizu M, Mizuno K, Hashimoto M
Acta Med Okayama 2017 Dec;71(6):547-552. doi: 10.18926/AMO/55594. PMID: 29276230
Mesenteric lymph node abscess due to Yersinia enterocolitica: case report and review of the literature.
Watanabe K, Watanabe N, Jin M, Matsuhashi T, Koizumi S, Onochi K, Sawaguchi M, Tawaraya S, Miyazawa H, Uchinami H, Yamamoto Y, Nanjo H, Ohnishi H, Mashima H
Clin J Gastroenterol 2014 Feb;7(1):41-7. Epub 2014 Jan 9 doi: 10.1007/s12328-013-0452-4. PMID: 26183507

Therapy

Eosinophilic lymph node abscesses following a COVID-19 vaccination: A case report.
Kaya A, Kaya SY, Abul A, Fener N, Can A, Mert A
J Natl Med Assoc 2023 Apr;115(2):144-146. Epub 2023 Jan 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2023.01.003. PMID: 36681552Free PMC Article
The changing microbiology of neck abscesses in children: implications for antibiotic therapy.
Kawar L, Deshpande A, Kubba H
J Laryngol Otol 2022 Dec;136(12):1245-1248. Epub 2022 Jan 28 doi: 10.1017/S0022215122000251. PMID: 35086585
Lymph node abscess caused by Francisella tularensis - a rare differential diagnosis for cervical lymph node swelling: a case report.
Rothweiler R, Fuessinger MA, Schmelzeisen R, Metzger MC
J Med Case Rep 2019 Aug 9;13(1):247. doi: 10.1186/s13256-019-2165-x. PMID: 31395094Free PMC Article
A case report and epidemiological investigation of axillary lymph node abscess caused by Corynebacterium ulcerans in an HIV-1-positive patient.
Yoshimura Y, Tachikawa N, Komiya T, Yamamoto A
Epidemiol Infect 2014 Jul;142(7):1541-4. Epub 2013 Sep 20 doi: 10.1017/S0950268813002240. PMID: 24054497Free PMC Article
Oral infections and antibiotic therapy.
Levi ME, Eusterman VD
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2011 Feb;44(1):57-78, v. doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2010.10.003. PMID: 21093623

Prognosis

Abscess-forming lymphadenopathy and osteomyelitis in children with Bartonella henselae infection.
Ridder-Schröter R, Marx A, Beer M, Tappe D, Kreth HW, Girschick HJ
J Med Microbiol 2008 Apr;57(Pt 4):519-524. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.47438-0. PMID: 18349375
Disseminated nontuberculous mycobacterial infection in a child with interferon-gamma receptor 1 deficiency.
Tsolia MN, Chapgier A, Taprantzi P, Servitzoglou M, Tassios I, Spyridis N, Papageorgiou F, Santos OF, Casanova JL, Spyridis P
Eur J Pediatr 2006 Jul;165(7):458-61. Epub 2006 Apr 7 doi: 10.1007/s00431-006-0110-7. PMID: 16602008
Case reports of nocardiosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
Lee CC, Loo LW, Lam MS
Ann Acad Med Singap 2000 Jan;29(1):119-26. PMID: 10748980

Clinical prediction guides

Eosinophilic lymph node abscesses following a COVID-19 vaccination: A case report.
Kaya A, Kaya SY, Abul A, Fener N, Can A, Mert A
J Natl Med Assoc 2023 Apr;115(2):144-146. Epub 2023 Jan 13 doi: 10.1016/j.jnma.2023.01.003. PMID: 36681552Free PMC Article
Purulent lymphadenitis caused by Staphylococcus argenteus, representing the first Japanese case of Staphylococcus argenteus (multilocus sequence type 2250) infection in a 12-year-old boy.
Ohnishi T, Shinjoh M, Ohara H, Kawai T, Kamimaki I, Mizushima R, Kamada K, Itakura Y, Iguchi S, Uzawa Y, Yoshida A, Kikuchi K
J Infect Chemother 2018 Nov;24(11):925-927. Epub 2018 Apr 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2018.03.018. PMID: 29709375
Disseminated Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection in a Patient with Anti-IFN-γ Autoantibodies.
Tanimizu M, Mizuno K, Hashimoto M
Acta Med Okayama 2017 Dec;71(6):547-552. doi: 10.18926/AMO/55594. PMID: 29276230
Mycobacterium fortuitum complex in Sweden during an 11-year period.
Svahn A, Hoffner SE, Petrini B, Källenius G
Scand J Infect Dis 1997;29(6):573-7. doi: 10.3109/00365549709035897. PMID: 9571737

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