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My father has a lagre bump on the forehead his kidney specialist thinks it's cancerous. can it be just a cyst or a lymph node?
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No lymph nodes: on the forehead, cannot give you a diagnosis with the limited information you provided, I appreciate the concern for your father's health, which would behoove you to get down to the root of the problem and pursue further diagnostic studies, or seek a second opinion, it's your right
Answered 11/26/2017
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