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Protuberancia axilar - Overview

Nombres alternativos

Tumor en la axila; Linfadenopatía localizada en la axila; Linfadenopatía axilar; Ganglios linfáticos agrandados en la axila; Agrandamiento de los ganglios linfáticos axilares; Absceso axilar

Definición:

Es un agrandamiento de uno o más ganglios linfáticos bajo el brazo.

Consideraciones:

Las protuberancias en la axila tienen diversas causas. Se pueden presentar quistes e infecciones superficiales en la piel de las axilas debido a la afeitada o al uso de antitranspirantes (a diferencia de los desodorantes). Esto ocurre con mayor frecuencia en adolescentes justo cuando comienzan a afeitarse. Los abscesos subcutáneos también pueden producir protuberancias grandes y dolorosas en la axila.

Las protuberancias pueden producirse por una inflamación de los ganglios linfáticos debido a infecciones bacterianas o virales, vacunas y cáncer.

Los ganglios linfáticos son filtros que pueden atrapar organismos infecciosos o células de tumores cancerosos. Cuando lo hacen, los ganglios linfáticos aumentan de tamaño y se sienten con facilidad. Una protuberancia en la axila de una mujer debe ser revisada por un médico inmediatamente, ya que puede ser un signo de cáncer de mama.

Causas:

  • Reviewed last on: 8/2/2009
  • Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

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Camitta Bm. Lymphadenopathy. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th Ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 490.

Glover KY, Varadhachary GR, Lenzi R, Raber MN, Abbruzzese JL. Carcinoma of unknown primary. In: Abeloff MD, Armitage JO, Niederhuber JE, Kastan MB, McKenna WG, eds. Clinical Oncology. 4th ed. Philadelphia, Pa; Churchill Livingstone Elsevier; 2008: chap 98.

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