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LYMPHADENOPATHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chronic abnormal enlargement of the lymph nodes (usually associated with disease)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("lymphadenopathy" is a kind of...):
pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)
Context examples:
It is characterized by an immense number of mites and hyperkeratotic crusted lesions, and is usually accompanied by lymphadenopathy and eosinophilia.
(Norwegian Scabies, NCI Thesaurus)
Most patients present with limited stage disease (localized peripheral lymphadenopathy, stage I or II); the prognosis of patients with stage I and stage II disease is very good.
(Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include psychomotor retardation, ataxia, recurrent fevers, skin rash, hepatosplenomegaly, and lymphadenopathy.
(Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)
A form of angiofollicular lymphoid hyperplasia characterized by fever, generalized lymphadenopathy, hypergammaglobulinemia, and dysfunction of multiple organs.
(Multicentric Angiofollicular Lymphoid Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
This is a rare entity, and most patients present with localized or generalized lymphadenopathy.
(Nodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
Signs and symptoms include fever, anorexia, fatigue, lymphadenopathy, anemia, and hepatosplenomegaly.
(Kala-Azar, NCI Thesaurus)
Signs and symptoms include fever, lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and pancytopenia.
(Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)
An autoimmune hematologic disorder characterized by autoimmune hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly.
(Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive Non-Hodgkin's adult lymphoma, formerly called angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia (AILD).
(Angioimmunoblastic Lymphadenopathy, NCI Thesaurus/PDQ)
Clinically, the disease may be localized; manifested with localized lymphadenopathy, or multicentric; manifested with generalized lymphadenopathy, fever, organomegaly, and sometimes POEMS syndrome.
(Angiofollicular Lymphoid Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
