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Lymph Nodes Stuck Together

I recently had a biopsy on a lymph node in my groin region.  I have a series of them all over my body, but the doctor decided to biopsy this one.  It was an excisional biopsy.  Feeling the node it felt like two were stuck together...and they were becasue during the biopsy the doctor made a statement to the nurse like "Oh, those are stuck together"  Is this a bad sign?  He did just say that out of the blue.  He didn't ever mention it during examination.  It was just something I felt.  Just wondering if its something I should be worried about.  Results Thursday.
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Hello and welcome to MedHelp's forums.  Are you concerned about this same situation or something similar? We'd be happy to try to help.  Please seek help from your doctor as your main source of information.

There can be some implications of needing further follow up in these cases as when the lymph nodes get matted together, it can be (key words can be) severe infection, malignancy or immune related diseases.  But pathology reports are the ultimate determining factor.  Here is a post in which one of our doctors responded to a question regarding lymph nodes 'stuck together' https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Cancer/lymph-nodes-stuck-together/show/418832

This article is all about lymph nodes. A clear statement is made that most of the time, swollen lymph nodes indicate infection and not cancer.  https://www.webmd.com/cancer/when-swollen-lymph-nodes-mean-cancer#1.  

But ultimately, evaluation of the lymph node is the best way to know.  please work with your doctor if this is a concern you are having.  
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