Lymphadenopathy

Clerkship

Lecture materials and small group cases are posted here for University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine students. Access to these materials are password protected.

Objectives

By the end of the Paediatric Clerkship, a medical student will be able to:

1. Distinguish between infectious and non-infectious causes of lymphadenopathy in the paediatric population.
2. Recognize the clinical features and propose a management plan for patients with cervical adenitis, mononucleosis, and reactive lymphadenopathy.
3. Recognize the clinical features of lymphoma.

Half Day Cases

• A 2 year old is brought in to your clinic as parents are concerned that she has multiple lymph nodes. On examination, you feel multiple small, mobile lymph nodes measure <0.5 cm in the anterior and posterior cervical chain. The patient is otherwise well.
• A 5 year old child comes in to the emergency department with a swelling in the neck, and fever for 4 days
• A 14 year old girl has had 4 weeks of lymph node swelling on the right side of her neck.