Table 5.
Nonspecific Disease Etiologies in 1822 Patients With Cervical Lymphadenopathy.
| Etiology | No. of Patients | Prevalence Rate (% of Total) | 95% Confidence Interval |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower (%) | Upper (%) | |||
| Nonspecific infectious | 1212 | 66.5 | 64.3 | 68.7 |
| Unknown origin | 219 | 12 | 10.6 | 13.6 |
| Acute reactive lymphadenitis | 154 | 8.45 | 7.22 | 9.77 |
| No defined cause | 128 | 7.03 | 5.9 | 8.24 |
| Reactive hyperplasia | 29 | 1.59 | 1.07 | 2.21 |
| Nonspecific bacterial lymphadenitis | 25 | 1.37 | 0.89 | 1.95 |
| Subchronic reactive lymphadenitis | 20 | 1.1 | 0.672 | 1.62 |
| Lymphadenitis | 14 | 0.768 | 0.421 | 1.22 |
| Chronic lymphadenitis | 12 | 0.659 | 0.341 | 1.08 |
| Nonspecific non-infectious lymphadenitis | 7 | 0.384 | 0.155 | 0.716 |
| Normal | 2 | 0.11 | 0.0133 | 0.306 |