Palpable supraclavicular, iliac, popliteal,
epitrochlear nodes greater than 0.5 cm, inguinal nodes larger than 1.5 cm, and cervical/axiller nodes larger than 1 cm are considered abnormal (4).
The patients must be constantly examined for the
epitrochlear and axillary lymphadenopathy.
All had cervical lymph nodes, 16 had axillary nodes, 3 had para-aortic nodes, 3 had inguinal lymphadenopathy and 3 had
epitrochlear involvement.
Sites involved were cervical (45.5%), axillary (15.6%), inguinal (12.1%),
epitrochlear (6.1%), submandibular (6.1%), axillary and cervical (3%), preauricular (3%), postauricular (3%), submandibular and axillary (3%), and parasternal (3%).
Likewise, the nodes even more than 5 mm if in the
epitrochlear region are significant [6, 7].
(7) Enlarged iliac, popliteal,
epitrochlear, and umbilical lymph nodes are never normal.
The most commonly involved lymph nodes are axillary and
epitrochlear, presumably because the majority of contact with cats occurs with the hands [1].
A generalized lymphadenopathy, affecting mainly the cervical, suboccipital,
epitrochlear, inguinal and axillary nodes can often precede the cutaneous manifestations.
Lymph node regions were divided into regions including anterior and posterior neck, preauricular, nape, supraclavicular, supramandibular, underside of the chin, axillary,
epitrochlear, inguinal and popliteal regions.
For example, some authors have proposed that an inguinal lymph node size up to 1.5 cm should be considered normal, while the normal range for the
epitrochlear nodes is up to 0.5cm.
Cervical, axillary, inguinal and
epitrochlear lymph nodes were palpable.