Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day. This system consists of lymphatic vessels and tissue which drains lymph fluid from the tissues of the body, helping to protect you from infection and disease. A tough fibrous connective tissue capsule encapsulates lymph nodes. Find Swollen lymph nodes stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Even if cancer spreads to lymph nodes, it is still named after the part of the body where it originated. Lymph nodes play a vital role in the body’s ability to fight off infection. However, more commonly, cancer starts somewhere else and then spreads to lymph nodes (metastases). There are hundreds of lymph nodes in your body that gather at where two or more lymphatic channels come together, in your neck, armpits and groin.
Cancer can appear in the lymph nodes in two ways: it can either start there or it can spread there from somewhere else.Ĭancer that starts in the lymph nodes is called lymphoma.
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