Cervical Lymph Nodes And Neck Lumps Flashcards
What vessels are the posterior and anterior cervical lymph nodes associated with?
ANterior - AJV
Posterior - EJV
Which lymph nodes would an infection of the parotid gland spread to?
Pre-auricular
What lymph node drains the palatine tonsils?
Jugular-digastric
What lymph node drains the thyroid, oesophageal and trachea?
What else does thing lymph node drain?
Jugulo-omohyoid
Posterior tongue and oral cavity
What is and what 4 tonsils make up waldeyers ring?
Annular collection of lymphoid tissue that surrounds the upper aerodigestive tract.
Pharyngeal Tubual Lingual and Palatine
Give 4 causes for a congenital neck lump.
Thyroglossal cysts, laryngoceles, pharyngeal pouch and branchial cyst
Give some superficial causes for a neck lump
Lipoma
Sebaceous cyst
Dermoid cyst
Abscess
When do branchial cysts typically present?
Adolescence early 20s
Give 6 red flag signs for lymphadenopathy.
Persisting for >6 weeks
Fixed, hard and irregular
Rapidly growing
Associated with voice change/ dysphagia
Systemic signs - night sweats and cachexia
Associated with generalised lymphadenopathy
Where does the right supraclavicular node drain?
Oesophagus
Lungs
Mid section of chest
Why may a child with recurrent ear infections benefit from an adenoidectemy?
located in the nasopharynx and can obstruct the ET which will impede drainage of the middle ear - may lead to recurrent ear infections/ development of otitis media with effusion
