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I have thickening in left auxiliary with no pain. my gyno today said its swelling of lymphnodes caused from shaving my under arms. is this true?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Thicken left axilla: Could be-that would be a lymph node swelling from inflammation-sometimes need antibiotics, , but also consider mammogram, and in rare conditions autoimmune disease can cause lymph node swelling, May also be lipoma fat mass -benign Would consider sonogram to image the area , f/u/ w/ doc

Answered 2/13/2016

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