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February 7th, 2006
i woke up with a very sore neck i thought it was just going to be stiff neck then it ended up a few days later with a knot on the right side of my neck i went to the doctor did an ultrasound and it was my limpnotes swollen they put me on an antibiotic and it still isnt gone the doctor said when i go for a check up they will decided whether i need surgery or not my question is
What kind of surgery would that be?


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replied February 22nd, 2006
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The surgery will be very simple. The surgeon will most likely only remove the swollen lymph node under the skin. The removed node then will be analyzed by a pathologist. The result from those analyses will determine the next therapeutic steps.
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