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Suggest Advice If Biopsy Is Needed For A Swollen Lymph Node
ok i am a 35 overweight but healthy 35 yr old, about a year ago i discovered a swollen lymph node. it hasnt gotten any bigger, is movable. i did blood work and it all was excellent. nothing was flagged. i did and ultrasound and they said all my lymphs in my neck were swollen the largest mwasured 1.5. at the time of the ultrasound i had an impacted wisdom tooth and was just getting over a cold. i honestly think they were swoll due to the infection. except the one i have felt for some time. shoud i do a biopsy
Sat, 31 May 2014
at first what about the character of the lymph nodes in the ultrasound report is it inflammatory or it has suspicious character, anyway according to your wards that you have some causes like inflammatory causes from the impacted tooth, so you can repeat the ultrasound after antibiotic and anti-inflammatory medication as a follow up, and after clinical and follow up evaluation we can till if the biopsy is important or not
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