Infection of the lymph nodes by tuberculosis. Tuberculous infection of the cervical lymph nodes is scrofula.

A republic in eastern Africa, on the Gulf of Aden at the entrance to the Red Sea. Djibouti is also the name of its capital.

They are oval or bean shaped bodies (1 - 30 mm in diameter) located along the lymphatic system.

Area of the human body underneath the SHOULDER JOINT, also known as the armpit or underarm.

Transfer of a neoplasm from its primary site to lymph nodes or to distant parts of the body by way of the lymphatic system.

Surgical excision of one or more lymph nodes. Its most common use is in cancer surgery. (From Dorland, 28th ed, p966)

A diagnostic procedure used to determine whether LYMPHATIC METASTASIS has occurred. The sentinel lymph node is the first lymph node to receive drainage from a neoplasm.

Tumors or cancer of the human BREAST.

Any of the infectious diseases of man and other animals caused by species of MYCOBACTERIUM.

The interstitial fluid that is in the LYMPHATIC SYSTEM.

MYCOBACTERIUM infections of the lung.

An invasive (infiltrating) CARCINOMA of the mammary ductal system (MAMMARY GLANDS) in the human BREAST.