Lymphadenitis:

  These are ultrasound images of a young child having enlarged, tender lymph nodes. The patient tested positive for toxoplasmosis. These high resolution images show marked vascularity of the lymph node (lymph node on fire) on color doppler imaging.

Images courtesy of Shlomo Gobi, Israel.

Grey scale image: note hypoechoic, enlarged lymph node

Power doppler image: marked vascularity of node

Color doppler image: lymph node on fire-- marked vascularity

Markedly vascular lymph node

Grey scale image- enlarged, hypoechoic stroma of lymph node