Imaging of cervical lymphadenopathy in children and young adults.

Benjamin J Ludwig, Jimmy Wang, Rohini N Nadgir, Naoko Saito, Ilse Castro-Aragon, Osamu Sakai

Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 820 Harrison Ave, FGH Bldg, 3rd Flr, Boston, MA 02118, USA. benjamin.ludwig@bmc.org

AJR. American journal of roentgenology 2012 Nov

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This article describes the role of imaging in evaluating cervical lymphadenopathy in patients from birth to their mid-20s, illustrates imaging features of normal and abnormal lymph nodes, and highlights nodal imaging features and head and neck findings that assist in diagnosis. Cervical lymph node abnormalities are commonly encountered clinically and on imaging in children and young adults. Although imaging findings can lack specificity, nodal characteristics and associated head and neck imaging findings can assist in determining the underlying cause.

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Benjamin J Ludwig, Jimmy Wang, Rohini N Nadgir, Naoko Saito, Ilse Castro-Aragon, Osamu Sakai. Imaging of cervical lymphadenopathy in children and young adults. AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 2012 Nov;199(5):1105-13