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Ct pet brown fat in neck/ mediastinum near small lymph node difficult to know if node hypermetabolic suv low in node not enlarged. significance?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Ultrasound neck: Lymph node small size usually mitigates against neoplasm. An easy way of following lymph node would be ultrasound in a month to see if node enlarges or is stable in size. Tumors usually grow with time.

Answered 9/28/2016

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