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I also want to note that this week I rather fortuitously experienced the painful gland syndrome again on the left side so went in again to have him examine me. He said to him everything felt the same as it did on my initial visit, but he didn't doubt that it was painful to me. But it was not swollen in his opinion. He said everything appeared normal, even my ears which I felt a little pain in on the left.
The CT scan revealed that everything is normal - submandibular glands, parotid glands thyroid, oropharynx, nasopharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, and supra and sub -glottic regions (copying this all from my report). There are prominent bilateral level lla lymph nodes, left slightly larger than the right, but these are not enlarged by size criteria and there is no adenopathy (not sure what this means).
So my doctor says that this is just a tender lymph node that recurs and he said it will be difficult to determine why - but it's not serious. He said if it flares again I can opt to have a biopsy taken which might help determine the source of it. He suggested I ask my dentist to take a look at recent x-rays and determine if there is an abscess or something that is draining near the lymph node (I think).
I guess my question is - has anyone ever heard of something like this? Does anyone have any suggestions for me as to different things to look into to determine the cause? Would you recommend I get it biopsied? Would anyone recommend I get the lymph node in question removed? (I don't know how dramatic that surgery is).
I was hoping to be able to be able to finally resolve this issue and now it appears there is no end in sight. Thanks in advance for any advice.View Thread

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