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During vats surgery of thymoma with enlarged lymph node nearby, can surgeon tell if it's lymphoma and stop surgery or cut out node as well?
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Lymphoma: Surgeon usually would not be able to tell if it is lymphoma just from the apperance of the enlarged lymph node. It will require a biopsy and diagnosed by a pathologist through microscopic exmination, flow cytometry, and immunohistochemistry study.
Answered 4/11/2014
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