Suppurative Lymphadenitis on Neck POCUS with Color Doppler

Male with left neck mass/swelling/overlying redness.  Prior hx of MRSA.  Would you I&D?  See additional images in thread.
Left neck mass case.  Answer: Suppurative lymphadenitis. Increased Doppler flow with focal hypoechoic area without flow.  Differential would be necrosis/hemorrhage into metastatic node.  Doppler is key.

- Dr. Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

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Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD · 4 years ago
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