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Q: Hodgkin lymphoma and antibiotics

asked by: DoctorQuestion on July 19th, 2009

Hello,
I'm having swollen cervical lymph node (1 side) 4cm max for 4 years already.
It was suspected to be an infectious travelers disease however biopsy test came out as Hodgkin lymphoma.
However taking ERYTHROMYCIN antibiotics (10 days) for tooth removal I had seem to reduce greatly the swelling of the neck, and also the swelling is very sensitive to many types of food, 2 weeks of eating free and the side of the lymph node grows fast.
My suspect is that it was and still is an infectious disease although it could have cause a lymphoma to happen if the lab test are liable, because how can it be a lymphoma if the size of it is changed due to antibiotics.
Confused and need your advice, can lymphoma react to antibiotics ? could it be an infectious disease with the lymphoma ?

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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD

replied on July 27th, 2009

Lymphoma Answer A6991

According to the data you provided (swollen lymph node diagnosed as Hodgkin lymphoma, seems to be reducing when antibiotics were given), it seems likely that you might be experiencing an inflammation of the tissue around the lymph node which caused the tissue to swell, and was decreased once the inflammation was reduced.

The antibiotics killed the bacteria that caused the inflammation and that might be the reason that the cervical lymph node might look smaller.
There are no data found from independent medical research that the growth of Hodgkin lymphoma can be in any way affected with antibiotics.

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