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Q: lymphadenopathy and graves disease
asked by: DoctorQuestion on February 12th, 2009
I had a CT scan done back in October to check for issues I was having with allergies.. The Doctor informed me that they found multiple sub-centermeter precarinal and aorta pulmanary window lymphadenopathies of doubtful clinical significance bt didn't need to worry, he said to have it re-scanned in February which I did. The scan came back with no change but still reflected what was found in the first scan. I was concerned only due to him no explaining to me what it was caused by. He told me he was going to view it in high definination and also have another radiologist take a look at it.

I'm confused as to what this may be since I can't find anything on the internet with regards to the diagnosis. Both M.D.'s feel it is nothing to worry about (but I'm a worrier), and asked that I repeat the scan again in 6 months.. not sure why since I've already repeated it 2 times. I have type 1 diabetes the last 35 years and also graves disease, last thing I need is another disease.


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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD
replied on February 13th, 2009
Lymphoma Answer A5760


Lymphadenopathy is a medical term used for problems related to lymph nodes. Because the diagnosis was based on an imaging technique, an assumption can be made that there were several enlarged lymph nodes in the examined area. Swollen lymph nodes can occur for many reasons. One of the most frequent reasons is inflammation in the surrounding tissue or organs. The graves disease is an auto-immune reaction against the thyroid gland. It includes increased inflammation.


Your doctors have chosen to wait and see if the lymph nodes will increase further or if other enlarged lymph nodes appear. You might want to consult your doctors if Graves disease is causing the enlarged lymph nodes.




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