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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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Yup: If the MRI was of your neck it would detect masses/abnormalities of that kind to a certain size.
Answered 6/10/2014
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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.
Answered 6/10/2014
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