including the neck on either side of the front, sides, and back, behind your ears, on the back of your head, or under your jaw and chin. Swollen lymph nodes are also called lymphadenopathy.

One of the most frequent causes of swollen lymph nodes in your neck is a viral upper respiratory infection (URI) such as the common cold, influenza or infectious mononucleosis, says Dr. Maas.

April marks the beginning of Oral & Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month. This year, more than 50,000 new cases are expected to be diagnosed in the US.

compared the results of ultrasound scans with the pathological findings from dissected lymph nodes of 19 patients who underwent neck surgery for DTC recurrence. Of 578 lymph nodes resected ...

A sore throat or hoarseness that won’t improve could be more serious, according to Dr. Charles Johnson Jr., an ear, nose and throat (ENT) and head and neck surgeon. He ...