Bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy (differential)

Bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy can result from a number of causes and generally implies a systemic process. They include:

• autoimmune diseases, e.g.:
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • scleroderma
  • dermatomyositis 
  • systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
  • psoriasis
  • Sjögren syndrome
• lymphoma
• leukemia
• diabetic mastopathy
• HIV-associated conditions, e.g. Kaposi sarcoma-associated immune reconstitution syndrome
• lymphoid hyperplasia from acute or chronic infection/inflammation
  • infectious mononucleosis
  • cat scratch disease
• granulomatous disease
  • sarcoidosis
  • tuberculosis
  • silicone induced granulomatous adenitis
• axillary nodal metastases, e.g.:
  • breast cancer: uncommon to be bilateral
  • non-breast malignancies
    • lung cancer
    • melanoma
• Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease 

See also

• differential diagnosis of unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy
• differential diagnosis of calcific axillary lymphadenopathy
• axillary lymph nodes

Siehe auch:

• Tuberkulose
• Rheumatoide Arthritis
• Sarkoidose
• Lungenkarzinom
• Lymphom
• Mammakarzinom
• Dermatomyositis
• systemischer Lupus Erythematodes
• Systemische Sklerodermie
• Sjögren-Syndrom
• Malignes Melanom
• differential diagnosis of unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy
• diabetische Mastopathie
• Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease
• axilläre Lymphknoten
• differential diagnosis of calcific axillary lymphadenopathy
• synchronous breast cancer
• Kaposisarkom

und weiter:

• bilaterale hiläre Lymphadenopathie
• metastatic axillary lymphadenopathy of unknown primary