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===Less common causes of Chronic Granulomatous Lymphangitis===
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vendhan Ramanujam M.B.B.S [2]Vishal Devarkonda, M.B.B.S[3]

Overview

The etiology varies depending on the clinical form of Lymphangitis.

Causes

Causes of lymphangitis may be further classified according to clinical form as follows:[1][2][3][4][3][5] [6][7][8][9]

Common causes of Acute Lymphangitis

Infectious causes

  • Group A streptococcus
  • Staphyloccocal aureus
  • Pasteurella multocida
  • Wuchereria Bancrofti

Common causes Chronic Granulomatous Lymphangitis

Infectious causes

  • Sporothrix schencki
  • Mycobacterium marium
  • Nocardia brasiliensis
  • Leishmania braziliensis
  • Francisella tularensis

Less common causes of Acute Lymphangitis

Infectious causes

  • Spirillum Minus
  • Herpes simplex virus
  • Ricettsia sibirica monogolotimonae
  • Lymphogrnuloma venerum
  • Erysipelothrix
  • Brugia malayi
  • Brugia timori
  • Brugia pseudomallei
  • Bacillus anthracis

Malignancy

  • Breast
  • Lung
  • stomach
  • Pancreas
  • Rectal
  • Prostate

Miscellaneous

  • Crohn's disease
  • Radiation
  • Venom of Scolopendra

Less common causes of Chronic Granulomatous Lymphangitis

Infectious causes

  • Nocardia asteroides
  • Mycobacterium chelonae
  • Leishmania major
  • Mycobacterium kansasii
  • Blastomyces dermatitidis
  • Coccidioides immitis
  • Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Histoplasma capsulatum
  • Stretococcus pyogenes

References

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  2. Kostman JR, DiNubile MJ (1993). "Nodular lymphangitis: a distinctive but often unrecognized syndrome". Ann Intern Med. 118 (11): 883–8. PMID 8480962.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Wenner KA, Kenner JR (2004). "Anthrax". Dermatol Clin. 22 (3): 247–56, v. doi:10.1016/j.det.2004.03.001. PMID 15207306.
  4. Bruce DM, Heys SD, Eremin O (1996). "Lymphangitis carcinomatosa: a literature review". J R Coll Surg Edinb. 41 (1): 7–13. PMID 8930034.
  5. Sands M, Brown R (1988). "Herpes simplex lymphangitis. Two cases and a review of the literature". Arch Intern Med. 148 (9): 2066–7. PMID 3046547.
  6. Lázaro MJ, López PM, Vall-Mayans M, Fernández BL, Rodríguez-Guardado A (2013). "A case of late-stage lymphogranuloma venereum in a woman in Europe". Sex Transm Dis. 40 (10): 792–3. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000014. PMID 24275729.
  7. de Sousa R, Duque L, Anes M, Poças J, Torgal J, Bacellar F; et al. (2008). "Lymphangitis in a Portuguese patient infected with Rickettsia sibirica". Emerg Infect Dis. 14 (3): 529–30. doi:10.3201/eid1403.070680. PMC 2570837. PMID 18325289.
  8. Van Kruiningen HJ, Colombel JF (2008). "The forgotten role of lymphangitis in Crohn's disease". Gut. 57 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1136/gut.2007.123166. PMID 18094195.
  9. Ergen ŞA, Tiken EE, Öksüz DÇ, Dinçbaş FÖ, Dervişoğlu S, Mandel NM; et al. (2016). "The Role of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Primary or Recurrent Desmoid Tumors and Long-Term Results". Balkan Med J. 33 (3): 316–21. doi:10.5152/balkanmedj.2016.140560. PMC 4898991. PMID 27308076.

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