Schmorls nodes are herniations of intervertebral discs that push on the adjacent vertebrae. They are most often painless but can sometimes cause acute lower back pain. Schmorl’s nodes, or ...

Swollen lymph nodes may result from an infection or illness. If symptoms last for a long time or occur with certain other symptoms, you may need medical care. Treatment depends on the cause of the ...

Lymph node dissections, or lymphadenectomies, are surgical procedures that play an important role in cancer treatments. A healthcare professional will remove the lymph nodes and check a tissue sample ...

Sentinel-lymph-node biopsy is associated with increased melanoma-specific survival (i.e., survival until death from melanoma) among patients with node-positive intermediate-thickness melanomas (1.2 to ...