Cervical cancer is a diagnosis no woman wants to receive, and navigating the disease can be challenging. A type of cancer ...

She had been evaluated for bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy 1 year before this visit by an otolaryngologist, who performed a tonsillectomy. Histologic examination on the moved tonsils was not ...

We report 28 patients (20 male) with a syndrome characterized by abrupt onset of fever, malaise, aphthous stomatitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenopathy (PFAPA syndrome).

Cancers of the mouth and oropharynx can spread to lymph nodes in your neck. Your surgeon might remove some or all of the lymph nodes in your neck. Lymph nodes are small bean shaped glands found ...

Tonsillitis, a common ailment affecting all ages, arises from inflammation of the tonsils due to viral or bacterial ...

Lymph nodes are small glands that filter lymph, the clear fluid that circulates through the lymphatic system. During an infection, they accumulate bacteria or dead or diseased cells and may swell.

WHEN Lauren Jolly, 39, felt a dull ache in her lower back, she thought it must be because she had moved house. But really, ...

Cancer of the larynx sometimes spreads to the lymph nodes in the neck. Surgery to remove lymph nodes from your neck is called a neck dissection. When you might have surgery to remove lymph nodes in ...

Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), also known as cervical dysplasia, is the abnormal growth of cells (neoplasia) or lesions on your outer cervix lining (intraepithelial). CIN can be detected ...

Rates of cervical cancer have decreased since a vaccine for human papillomavirus, or HPV, was introduced in 2006 (SN: 10/6/08). Now, a new study is the first to show a steep decline in cervical ...

Cervical cancer, considered a “highly preventable” disease, has long been declining in the United States — but it’s now on the rise among women in their 30s and 40s. Rates climbed 1.7 ...