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Can lynph nodes cause you to have a heart attack or a stroke?
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Lymph nodes: Lymph nodes are a normal part of our immune system, they are collectors of immune cells to defend the body from inflammation and infection. Unless they become cancerous they should not cause problems.
Answered 8/30/2013
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No: Some malignancies invade lymph nodes or are lymph nodal malignancies: (lymphoma-hodgkins)and other structures and could involve heart or brain.
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