Most lumps in your neck occur due to enlarged lymph nodes (small, round organs that are part of your immune system). Your ...

James Heilman, MD/Wikimedia Commons Tonsillitis is a viral or bacterial infection of the tonsil’s lymph nodes. It can occur at any age, but it most often affects children from preschool age to ...

Tiny red spots on the roof of your mouth Pain while swallowing Sore throat Swollen lymph nodes Fever How to treat it: A doctor will prescribe you antibiotics and your tonsil spots and other ...

It transfers fluids throughout the body through a system of lymphatic vessels, lymph nodes, and two collecting ducts [1]. The thymus, bone marrow, spleen, tonsils, and appendix are also a part of ...

Tonsil cancer is a type of head and neck cancer ... HPV head and neck cancers are found is from it spreading into the lymph nodes in the neck. The story we often hear is, “I was shaving ...

A lymph node biopsy is when a doctor checks and removes a small piece of tissue or sample of cells from one of your lymph nodes. The doctor sends this to the laboratory and a specialist doctor called ...

The lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils and Peyer’s patches are examples of secondary lymphoid tissue. Chronic inflammation can lead to the development of tertiary lymphoid tissue. Perturbed B cell ...