{"id":7472,"date":"2026-07-23T14:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiki.voka.io\/glossary\/linfadenopatia\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T11:03:07","slug":"linfadenopatia","status":"publish","type":"glossary_item","link":"https:\/\/wiki.voka.io\/es\/glosario\/linfadenopatia\/","title":{"rendered":"Linfadenopat\u00eda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Linfadenopat\u00eda (de lat. <em>lympha<\/em> \u2014 humedad, gr. <em>aden<\/em> \u2014 gl\u00e1ndula y <em>pathos<\/em> \u2014 enfermedad) es una condici\u00f3n patol\u00f3gica caracterizada por el aumento del tama\u00f1o de uno o varios ganglios linf\u00e1ticos.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Es uno de los s\u00edndromes cl\u00ednicos m\u00e1s comunes en enfermedades infecciosas.<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"h-&#x44D;&#x442;&#x438;&#x43E;&#x43B;&#x43E;&#x433;&#x438;&#x44F;-&#x438;-&#x43F;&#x430;&#x442;&#x43E;&#x444;&#x438;&#x437;&#x438;&#x43E;&#x43B;&#x43E;&#x433;&#x438;&#x44F;\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Etiolog\u00eda y fisiopatolog\u00eda<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los ganglios linf\u00e1ticos son \u00f3rganos perif\u00e9ricos del sistema inmunitario que desempe\u00f1an el papel de filtros biol\u00f3gicos. Eliminan del l\u00edquido linf\u00e1tico diversas c\u00e9lulas patol\u00f3gicas con part\u00edculas extra\u00f1as. Normalmente, los ganglios linf\u00e1ticos contienen linfocitos T y B \u00abdormidos\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cuando un virus o bacteria penetra en los tejidos, son interceptados por macr\u00f3fagos patrulleros, y el l\u00edquido tisular con ant\u00edgenos extra\u00f1os se dirige a los ganglios linf\u00e1ticos m\u00e1s cercanos. Ah\u00ed, los ant\u00edgenos se presentan a los linfocitos.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Se inicia un proceso de fuerte expansi\u00f3n clonal: las c\u00e9lulas inmunitarias comienzan a dividirse r\u00e1pida y continuamente para crear un ej\u00e9rcito que combata al pat\u00f3geno. El ganglio linf\u00e1tico aumenta de tama\u00f1o debido al flujo sangu\u00edneo activo y al edema inflamatorio local.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La linfadenitis es una linfadenopat\u00eda acompa\u00f1ada de signos de inflamaci\u00f3n (por ejemplo, enrojecimiento de la piel (eritema) y dolor en el ganglio linf\u00e1tico).<\/p>\n\n<h2 id=\"h-&#x43A;&#x43B;&#x438;&#x43D;&#x438;&#x447;&#x435;&#x441;&#x43A;&#x43E;&#x435;-&#x437;&#x43D;&#x430;&#x447;&#x435;&#x43D;&#x438;&#x435;\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Importancia cl\u00ednica<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La linfadenopat\u00eda se clasifica en local (regional) y generalizada:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>local (regional)<\/strong> \u2014 el aumento regional de los ganglios linf\u00e1ticos indica la presencia de una infecci\u00f3n local (por ejemplo, los ganglios submandibulares son un signo cl\u00e1sico de amigdalitis estreptoc\u00f3cica o infecci\u00f3n viral del orofaringe);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>generalizada<\/strong> \u2014 los ganglios linf\u00e1ticos aumentan en dos o m\u00e1s zonas independientes del cuerpo (cuello, axilas, ingle), lo que indica una infecci\u00f3n sist\u00e9mica.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La linfadenopat\u00eda generalizada es un s\u00edntoma patognom\u00f3nico (espec\u00edfico) de enfermedades como la infecci\u00f3n por VIH, infecci\u00f3n por citomegalovirus y la infecci\u00f3n causada por el virus de Epstein-Barr (mononucleosis infecciosa).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En ausencia de signos claros de infecci\u00f3n, una linfadenopat\u00eda persistente, indolora y firme requiere una biopsia para excluir enfermedades oncohematol\u00f3gicas (linfomas).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linfadenopat\u00eda (de lat. <em>lympha<\/em> \u2014 humedad, gr. <em>aden<\/em> \u2014 gl\u00e1ndula y <em>pathos<\/em> \u2014 enfermedad) es una condici\u00f3n patol\u00f3gica caracterizada por el aumento del tama\u00f1o de uno o varios ganglios linf\u00e1ticos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7472","glossary_item","type-glossary_item","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.0 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - 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