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I am a 27 year old healthy female but a few days ago, i noticed a little swollen lymph node on the back of my neck. it sits fairly close to my spine, right below my hair line. its a little tender to touch but not too bad and it move around. its definitely
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Sounds ok: The back of the neck would be an unusual place to find a lymph node. Depending on depth, it's possible that what you're feeling is a part of your paraspinal musculature and may be tender due to a "knot" or local muscle spasm. If a lymph node though, nodes
Answered 6/2/2016
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