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What Could Be Lump On Neck? How To Treat It?

i have just been to the doctors with a lump that has appeared on the right hand side of my neck, i have had severe headaches for 11 weeks, had blood test for a virus which came back clear and now he said he is sending me for a neurology for a ct scan, what could it be
Tue, 25 Mar 2014
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Your CT scan will only help locate the lump. It is not going to confirm what it is. I would suggest a Fine needle aspiration cytology test. That would give a valuable idea on tissue diagnosis and is the gold standard for initial tissue confirmation
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What Could Be Lump On Neck? How To Treat It?

Your CT scan will only help locate the lump. It is not going to confirm what it is. I would suggest a Fine needle aspiration cytology test. That would give a valuable idea on tissue diagnosis and is the gold standard for initial tissue confirmation