LYMPH NODES EXAMINATION OF INFANT OR CHILD

LYMPH NODES EXAMINATION OF INFANT OR CHILD

Note the location, size, consistency, mobility, tenderness and warmth of lymph nodes, particularly in the suboccipital, preauricular, anterior and posterior cervical, submaxillary, sublingual, axillary, epitrochlear and inguinal regions. Posterior auricular and suboccipital adenitis may be the result of otitis externa, scalp infection or lice. Palpable nodes up to 1 cm in inguinal region and up to 3 mm in rest of the areas may well be passed as within normal limits in healthy children.