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Swelling on neck but no malignant cells
My niece has a swelling on her neck which has grown visibly larger. She has had this swelling for one month and a half. An FNAC test was done in a clinic, and no malignant cells were detected.
Does this rule out cancer?
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Plz share image of swelling with complete FNAC report. There are many differential diagnosis of swelling of neck.
If possible to you plz connect with call with your all report
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Dr. Aditya Prasad Padhy
Urologist
11 yrs exp
Bhubaneswar
Connect please
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Dr. Shashank Agrawal
General Surgeon
5 yrs exp
Ghaziabad
Hello dear
Kindly share with me picture of swelling and complete biopsy reports
Apart from cancer many other things have to be ruled out
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Connect with reports
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Dr. Sai Krishna Konatham
General Surgeon
5 yrs exp
Khammam
Probability of the swelling to be malignant decreased BUT DOESNT RULE OUT MALIGNANCY
Try to get one ultrasonography of neck
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Please do consult for the next steps in disease management
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Dr. Mohammed Rehan Khan
General Physician
10 yrs exp
Bangalore
Yes, it rules out cancer
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