Lymphadenopathy

Jorge E. Romaguera, MD

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX

Copyright of the American Society of Hematology, 2006. ISSN: 1931-6860.

This case was reviewed and updated in January 2011 by Dr. Peter Marks and members of the Teaching Cases Subcommittee.

I. HISTORY

PATIENT PRESENTATION

A 62-year-old man complains of a new lump in the right groin for the past six weeks.

Lump in the Patient’s Right Groin

Choose the major pathophysiologic mechanisms for lymph node enlargement from the list below.

	Heart failure
	Infection
	Malignancy
	Non-specific inflammatory reaction
	Chronic kidney disease
	Sarcoidosis

 

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