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Objectives

• Outline clinical factors that indicate need for surgical intervention of cervical lymphadenopathy.
• Describe various available surgical techniques for management of suppurative lymphadenitis in the head and neck.
• Discuss why people with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) are at risk for invasive infections with specific types of pathogens.
• List specific pathogens that cause invasive infections in people with CGD.
• Identify a common diagnosis in a patient with underlying immunocompromised status.
• Recall common complications of cervical lymphadenitis such as internal jugular vein thrombosis.
• Recognize common clinical presentations of CGD.
• Explain diagnosis and management of CGD.

Practice Change

• Apply knowledge of when imaging is necessary and when surgical consultation is required.
• Send appropriate diagnostic testing for CGD patients with suspected infections.

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