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A member asked:

I had a shotty lymph node removed from behind my ear 3 weeks ago. i now have a hard lump about 3 cm in size under the incision. should i be worried?

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Dr. Addagada Rao answered

NO wait for report: and show to your surgeon on follow up visit .

Dr Fowler agreed

Answered 11/1/2015

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