Hi Dr. Krueger.
I currently have some very strange symptoms. One swollen lymph node, and parotid gland that is swollen, along with the muscle that is on side of neck. Has been ongoing for 6 months, and now have "sore throat" and sometimes severe aches along neck- deep inside. I feel pain as far as my ear, and a type of headache. Five months ago, I underwent an MRI, which didn't show anything but heterogenous bone marrow signals? A sed rate westergren? showed a level of 27. I'm a 48 year, non-smoker female. I have had lung pains, and don't believe this began in the throat.