Adenitis is a general term for an inflammation of a gland or lymph node. ==Classification== ===Lymph node adenitis=== `Lymph adenitis` or `lymph node adenitis` is caused by bacterial infection in lymph nodes. The infected lymph nodes typically become enlarged, warm and tender. A swelling of lymph nodes due to growth of lymph cells is called ly... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenitis
Adenitis is an inflammation of the lymphatic glands. It may be either acute or chronic. As a rule, adenitis is a symptom of some disease process within the area of the body that is drained by the lymphatic channels in which the affected lymphatic glands are situated. In acute adenitis the disease is usually an infected wound or sore, the invading m... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/EA.HTM