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Painless mass under ear, hashi's w/hypo, night sweats, u/s showed normal lymph nodes, should i have fna biopsy to rule out cancer? is u/s accurate?
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Maybe: Need good exam and blood tests. If not oing away, and nothing else going on, fna is reasonable but may need exisional biopsy.
Answered 4/25/2016
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