Swollen lymph node in the neck due to tick attached behind ear<unk>  refers to<unk>  of the<unk>  lymph nodes (the glands in the neck). The term<unk>  strictly speaking refers to disease of the lymph nodes, though it is often used to describe the enlargement of the lymph nodes. Similarly, the term lymphadenitis refers to inflammation of a lymph node, but often it is used as a synonym of<unk> .<unk>  is a sign or a symptom, not a diagnosis. The causes are varied, and may be inflammatory, degenerative, or neoplastic. In adults, healthy lymph nodes can be palpable (able to be felt), in the axilla, neck and groin. In children up to the age of 12<unk>  nodes up to 1 cm in size may be palpable and this may not signify any disease. If nodes heal by resolution or scarring after being inflamed, they may remain palpable thereafter. In children, most palpable<unk>  is reactive or infective. In individuals over the age of 50, metastatic enlargement from cancers (most commonly squamous cell carcinomas) of the aerodigestive tract should be considered.
Cervical lymphadenopathy
Inguinal lymphadenopathy
ALPSA lesion
Axillary lymphadenopathy
Positive axillary lymph node
Cervical enlargement
Cervical thymic cyst
Vaginal adenosis