Lymphadenopathy
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MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia: Glands - swollen
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EMedicine - Lymphadenopathy : Article by Richard Sills, MD
Lymphadenopathy - Lymph nodes, in conjunction with the spleen, tonsils, adenoids, and Peyer patches, are highly organized centers of immune cells that filter antigen from the extracellular fluid. Directly interior to the fibrous capsule is the subcapsular sinus. This allows lymph, an ultrafiltrate of blood, to traverse from the afferent lymph vessels, through the sinuses, and out the efferent ...
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