Non-Squamous Cell Causes of Cervical Lymphadenopathy

Publication date: Available online 20 May 2017
Source:Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Author(s): Mohit Agarwal, Seyed Ali Nabavizadeh, Suyash Mohan
Cervical lymphadenopathy is a common indication for imaging evaluation of the neck. Besides metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, cervical lymphadenopathy can be due to many causes, with simple reactive lymphadenopathy on one end of the spectrum and malignant lymphadenopathy due to distant a distant infraclavicular primary, on the other end. A systematic approach to the cause of cervical lymphadenopathy which includes pattern of lymph node enlargement, lymph node characteristics, systemic symptoms and extranodal abnormalities can be very useful in arriving at the correct diagnosis. In this review, various patterns of cervical lymphadenopathy due to non-squamous cell causes are discussed.



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