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Could Lumps On Neck While Having Underactive Thyroid Be Cancer?
i have underactive thyroid,take 200mg daily og thyroxine,found lumps on left side of neck,and thyroid hurting,had ultra sound scan,they found 4 lumps on left side and two on the other,and they scanned my thyroid,results due thursday.but have burning sensation and a big swelling on left above collar bone.since having my scan and the stinging is so painful i have to take pain killers every day,could this be cancer????
Sat, 28 Nov 2015
if you take my opinion then I would suggest. you to be careful as these might be swollen lymph nodes and of course cancer of thyroid gland is required to be excluded always so I would suggest you to get a biopsy done and accordingly get prepared yourself for a surgery
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