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Is it common to have a lymph node for years? i've an ultrasound on it and the doctor had said it is an reactive lymph node.
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Possible: If the lymph node becomes scarred (fibrotic), the enlargement will stay for years. But it should not get larger.
Answered 7/10/2018
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