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Swollen rubbery cervical lymph nodes for over 6mths, cbc clean-no symptoms. dr. gave me antibiotics. then ordered ct scan/contrast. is a ct necessary?
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Not necessarily: if your lymph nodes bother you, you should probably rule out rare causes such as lymphoma, although the lymph nodes can become large just with a URI or throat infection, cbc was normal, were monos nl?
Answered 6/26/2014
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