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If i had an mri with contrast would that detect and cancerous lymph nodes that are swollen in neck?

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Dr. Paul Cohen
Dr. Paul Cohenanswered
Family Medicine 30 years experience
Yup: If the MRI was of your neck it would detect masses/abnormalities of that kind to a certain size.
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Dr. Carl Decker
Dr. Carl Deckeranswered
Radiology 26 years experience
Very young for cancer: At your age the lymph nodes in your neck are probably due to a reaction to infection or other inflammation. It is unlikely that they are due to cancer; however, MRI can often detect abnormally enlarged or abnormally shaped lymph nodes.
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