A 18-year-old member asked:

Soy 2.5 cm lymph node which is very soft moveable and squishy it varies in size day by day. it's very irregular shaped could it be a cyst maybe?

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Dr. Harris Cohenanswered

Family Medicine 23 years experience

2.5 cm cyst: 2.5 CM is rather large for a lymph node -- this is best evaluated by your primary care physician.

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