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Wat is soft tissue edeme in the back of the neck mean?
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Swelling back neck: Soft tissue (e.g. Skin/muscle/fat) 'edema' just means 'swelling'. Some possible causes are: trauma (bump/bruise) or infection (cellulitis).
Answered 11/27/2017
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