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What's the meaning of fibrotic lymph nodes ?

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Dr. Anuj Malik answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Scarred Lymph node: When a lymph node is affected by infection or tumor or trauma, it can undergo scarring like any other part of the body and this is called fibrous lymph node if scarring is seen on biopsy.

Answered 7/10/2017

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Dr. John Chiu answered

Done fighting: Lymph enlargement is usually the result of the body's immune response to an invader. Once the battle is over, the only thing left is just a scar.

Answered 1/15/2017

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Live Node scar: This is an old scar and is not inflammatory, but may suggest previous information and then scarring. Is not diagnostic of a specific problem Thanks

Answered 1/16/2017

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