On 10th September 2016 My wife aged 48 was found with swollen lymph nodes under her jaw. She underwent a dental implant procedure about 10 days before this.
The sonography report was as follows-
Date 10 September 2016
Lymph node level Right Lobe Left Lobe
Submental --- 0.8 x 0.7 cms
0.8 x 0.7 cms
1.1 x 0.6 cms
Submandibular 1.2 x 0.6 cms 1.8 x 0.6 cms
Upper Jugular 1.7 x 0.7 cms 2.6 x 0.7 cms
Post cervical 1.9 x 0.3 cms 2.2 x 0.4 cms
1.5 x 0.4 cms 2.1 x 0.4 cms
1.9 x 0.4 cms
1.5 x 0.5 cms
1.9 x 0.6 cms
On 27th September after an antibiotic course of 10 days with Augmentin , we got a new sonography done and the lymph nodes had shrunk a little. Results as follows-
Date 27 September 2016
Lymph node level Right Lobe Left Lobe
Submental --- 0.8 x 0.5 cms
0.8 x 0.5 cms
Submandibular 0.9x 0.3 cms -
Upper Jugular 0.9 x 05 cms 2.6 x 0.6 cms
Post cervical 1.5 x 0.4 cms 1.6 x 0.3 cms
0.9 x 0.3 cms 1.9 x 0.4 cms
2.0 x 0.5 cms 1.6 x 0.4 cms
Can this be lymphoma/cancer or mere infection? please guide as I'm losing sleep.