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| DISEASES OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM: Carl Smith's disease (Smith's disease (Carl Smith)) A benign condition most frequently seen in children, occasionally in young adults. usually characterized by pronounced lymphocytosis. Castleman's angiofollicular hyperplasia (Castleman's disease) A pathological condition characterized by large, benign, hyperplastic lymph nodes containing concentric perivascular aggregates of lymphocytes. Castleman's disease A pathological condition characterized by large, benign, hyperplastic lymph nodes containing concentric perivascular aggregates of lymphocytes. Castleman's disease (Castleman's tumour) Unusual mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia resembling thymoma. Castleman's lymphadenopathy (Castleman's disease) A pathological condition characterized by large, benign, hyperplastic lymph nodes containing concentric perivascular aggregates of lymphocytes. Castleman's lymphoma (Castleman's tumour) Unusual mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia resembling thymoma. Castleman's tumour (Castleman's disease) A pathological condition characterized by large, benign, hyperplastic lymph nodes containing concentric perivascular aggregates of lymphocytes. Castleman's tumour Unusual mediastinal lymph node hyperplasia resembling thymoma. Destombes-Rosai-Dorfman syndrome (Rosai-Dorfman syndrome) A disturbance that presents with massive painless lymphadenopathy in the neck, often bilateral. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease A benign form of necrotising lymphadenitis. Kikuchi’s disease (Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease) A benign form of necrotising lymphadenitis. Kikuchi’s necrotising lymphadenitis Kikuchi’s syndrome (Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease) A benign form of necrotising lymphadenitis. Meige's disease (Nonne-Milroy-Meige disease) Chronic familial lymphoedema of the limbs, which manifests with pittings and painless brawny swellings (lymphedema) of the ankles and shins. Meige's syndrome I (Nonne-Milroy-Meige disease) Chronic familial lymphoedema of the limbs, which manifests with pittings and painless brawny swellings (lymphedema) of the ankles and shins. Milroy's disease (Nonne-Milroy-Meige disease) Chronic familial lymphoedema of the limbs, which manifests with pittings and painless brawny swellings (lymphedema) of the ankles and shins. Nonne-Milroy syndrome (Nonne-Milroy-Meige disease) Chronic familial lymphoedema of the limbs, which manifests with pittings and painless brawny swellings (lymphedema) of the ankles and shins. Nonne-Milroy-Meige disease Chronic familial lymphoedema of the limbs, which manifests with pittings and painless brawny swellings (lymphedema) of the ankles and shins. Nonne-Milroy-Meige syndrome (Nonne-Milroy-Meige disease) Chronic familial lymphoedema of the limbs, which manifests with pittings and painless brawny swellings (lymphedema) of the ankles and shins. Nonne’s syndrome (Nonne-Milroy-Meige disease) Chronic familial lymphoedema of the limbs, which manifests with pittings and painless brawny swellings (lymphedema) of the ankles and shins. Pautrier-Woringer syndrome Adenopathy with lipomelanotic deposits in enlarged lymph nodes occurring in association with a variety of chronic non-specific pruritic skin disorders. Rosai-Dorfman Disease (Rosai-Dorfman syndrome) A disturbance that presents with massive painless lymphadenopathy in the neck, often bilateral. Rosai-Dorfman syndrome A disturbance that presents with massive painless lymphadenopathy in the neck, often bilateral. Smith's disease (Carl Smith) A benign condition most frequently seen in children, occasionally in young adults. usually characterized by pronounced lymphocytosis. Troisier's ganglion (Troisier's node or sign) Enlargement of left supraclavicular lymph nodes due to deposits of cancer cells that have metastasised from an obscurely located primary cancer. Troisier's node or sign (Virchow's node) Enlargement of one of the supraclavicular lymph nodes. Troisier's node or sign Enlargement of left supraclavicular lymph nodes due to deposits of cancer cells that have metastasised from an obscurely located primary cancer. Virchow's gland (Virchow's node) Enlargement of one of the supraclavicular lymph nodes. Virchow's node Enlargement of one of the supraclavicular lymph nodes. Virchow's node (Troisier's node or sign) Enlargement of left supraclavicular lymph nodes due to deposits of cancer cells that have metastasised from an obscurely located primary cancer. von Recklinghausen's canals The lymph canaliculi. Warthin-Finkeldey giant cells Multinucleated giant cells seen in the lymphoid tissues of patients with measles |
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