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Hiya i'm a 25 year old female i found a lump not to far from my spine doctor said it was a swollen lymph node but it's getting bigger please help?

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Dr. David Masiello answered

Specializes in Hematology and Oncology

Lymph Nodes: There are no lymph nodes that are palbable next to the spine except in the neck. In any even growing masses require evalaution with a biopsy or surgical excision to obtain a frim diagnosis. . It sounds like this may have been confused with a lipoma?

Answered 10/24/2016

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A member asked:

Hiya i'm a 25 year old female i found a lump not to far from my spine doctor said it was a swollen lymph node but it's getting bigger please help?

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Dr. David Masiello answered

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