Lymph Nodes

Although swollen lymph nodes are often common in rheumatology, they are also a “hallmark” of rare, life-threatening diseases, such as IgG4-related disease and Castleman disease, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Surgical excision of lymph nodes proved effective as first-line treatment for men with early metastatic testicular seminoma with clinically low-volume retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy, results of the phase 2 SEMS trial showed.

Sparing lymph nodes until after immunotherapy treatment may result in improved antitumor immune response among patients with cancer, according to a study published in Cell.

A deep-learning artificial intelligence model led to a “significant increase in diagnostic performance” for radiologists distinguishing between acute diverticulitis and colon cancer via CT images, according to results in JAMA Network Open.