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Cause of lympnodes approx 1-2inches above your thyroid to be swelled up, have had it for over a year and what type of dr biopsies them, an hows it done?
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See below: You need to go to a primary care doctor who then should order that test interventional radiologists, eny doctors and pathologists alll perform a biopsy on this area.
Answered 1/9/2015
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