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Armpit Lump


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Alternate Names : Axillary Abscess, Axillary Lymphadenopathy, Axillary Lymphs Enlarged, Localized Lymphadenopathy - Armpit, Lump in the Armpit, Lymph Nodes Enlarged-Axillary

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Armpit Lump: Common Causes

bacterial
- localized infection, possibly somewhere in the arm or breast draining into the glands of the armpit, or infection within the armpit itself
- cat scratch disease
- ascending lymphangitis
- lymphadenitis, lymphangitis
viral
malignant
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- leukemia
fungal
- sporotrichosis
antigenic
- smallpox vaccination
- typhoid vaccine
- measles, mumps, rubella vaccine (rare)
- allergic reaction possibly caused by sulfa drugs, iodine, or penicillin
other
- lipomas (harmless fatty growths)
- benign cyst
- normal breast tissue (breast tissue extends into the armpit area)

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Review Date : 12/5/2001
Reviewed By : Camille Kotton, M.D., Infectious Diseases Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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