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inguinal node

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inguinal node,
any of the approximately 18 nodes in the group of lymph glands in the upper femoral triangle of the thigh. These nodes are divided into the superficial inguinal nodes and the subinguinal nodes. Compare anterior tibial node, popliteal node.


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Excisional biopsy of the enlarged inguinal nodes revealed only reactional response.
Pathologic examination, confirmed on review at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, revealed follicular non-Hodgkins lymphoma in the left inguinal node and mixed cellularity Hodgkins lymphoma in the right axillary node.
Metastatic disease to the liver and inguinal nodes was demonstrated 19 months later, and the patient died 6 months afterward.
 
 
 
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