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Good evening doctors. what causes the occipital lymph nodes to be swollen ?thank u.
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Occipital nodes: Generally these nodes react to inflammatory/infectious conditions in the scalp. Of course they can be part of generalized lymphadenopathy seen in mononucleosis,some other viral infections lymphoma,leukemia or metastatic involvement by malignancies.
Answered 3/27/2019
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