Lower leg swelling and lyphadenopathy Flashcards
x: pn in the legs that is worst with standing. itching and dull ache
venous insufficiency
x: sharp burning in an area, atrophic mottled cold skin, aching/ throbbing on with dystrophic changes
Reflex SP dystrophy (CRPS-1)
x: bilateral leg edema
- difficulty breathing with exertion
- difficulty breathing lying down
CHF
hard and fixed lymph
metastasis
rubbery and mobile lymph
lymphoma
posterior c/s & postauricular lymph
viral
mono
preauricular lymph
uvitis
conjunctiva
high cervical lymph
Carcinoma of the oral cavity
supraclavicular and scalene lymph
neoplastic
brain mets
axillary lymph
breast mets staph and strep brucellosis tularemia cat scratch toxoplasmosis
inguinal lymph
lymphogranuloma venereum
venereal dz
excessive exercise
ovarian and testicular CA
Reed sternberg cells
hodgkin’s lymphoma
sx of fever, sore throat and HA resolve but there is still persistent lymph node swelling
Aquired immunodeficiency sx
retrovirus infects T cells and monocytes
progressive depletion of T- lymphocytes
impaired NKC & cytotoxic
AIDS
PE see ora thrust and leukoplakia
AIDS