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Bilateral axillary lymphadenopathy (differential)

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

autoimmune diseases, e.g.:
lymphoma
leukaemia
diabetic mastopathy ²
HIV ~~associated~~-associated conditions, e.g. Kaposi sarcoma ~~associated immmune~~-associated immune reconstitution syndrome¹
lymphoid hyperplasia from acute or chronic infection/inflammation
- infectious mononucleosis
- cat ~~stratch~~scratch disease
granulomatous disease
axillary nodal metastases, e.g.:
- breast cancer: uncommon to be bilateral
- non-breast malignancies
  - lung cancer
  - melanoma
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease ⁴

See also

~~-<a href="/articles/diabetic-mastopathy">diabetic mastopathy</a> <sup>2 </sup>~~
+<a href="/articles/diabetic-mastopathy">diabetic mastopathy</a> <sup>2 </sup>
~~-<li>HIV associated conditions, e.g. <a href="/articles/kaposi-sarcoma">Kaposi sarcoma</a> associated immmune reconstitution syndrome <sup>1</sup>~~
+<li>HIV-associated conditions, e.g. <a href="/articles/kaposi-sarcoma">Kaposi sarcoma</a>-associated immune reconstitution syndrome <sup>1</sup>
~~-<li><a title="Mononucleosis" href="/articles/mononucleosis">infectious mononucleosis</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a href="/articles/cat-stratch-disease">cat stratch disease</a></li>~~
+<li><a href="/articles/mononucleosis">infectious mononucleosis</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/cat-stratch-disease">cat scratch disease</a></li>
~~-<li><a href="/articles/differential-diagnosis-of-unilateral-axillary-lymphadenopathy">differential diagnosis of unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy</a></li>~~
~~-<li><a href="/articles/differential-diagnosis-of-calcific-axillary-lymphadenopathy">differential diagnosis of calcific axillary lymphadenopathy</a></li>~~
+<li><a href="/articles/unilateral-axillary-lymphadenopathy-differential">differential diagnosis of unilateral axillary lymphadenopathy</a></li>
+<li><a href="/articles/calcific-axillary-lymphadenopathy-differential">differential diagnosis of calcific axillary lymphadenopathy</a></li>

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