Posterior Cervical Lymph Node. Worried!

[Olena2015]

Hi Everyone, I am very worried and am looking for some advice. 4 weeks ago I discovered a small cervical posterior lymph node on the right side of my neck. It is small and moveable. It has not grown. I have not had any dental or scalp infections that I know of (have dry scalp though) and I have taken antibiotics (augmmentin) for 3 days and had to stop due to having a very bad gastro-intestinal virus. I suffer from sinuses. I do not have fever, night sweats or weight loss. I have Hashimotos Hypothyroidism, my tsh levels have finally stabilised (taking euthyrox daily) but ofcourse my antibodies are in the thousands. I am freaking out about this lymph node, its only one, I cannot feel any palpable nodes in the armpit area or groin. just this one small (1cm) lymph node in my neck, it gets a bit tender if I poke it around. but otherwise I have no flu or cold or any symptoms that can indicate that its from an infection. I did bloodtests and they came back normal, except for low neutrophils, everything else like lymphocytes and ehamaglobin etc was perfectly normal. I am scheduled for a sonar next week Friday. Im also considering doing the tumour markers bloodtest. I am very very worried that it may be lymphoma. Any advice will be greatly appreciated

[Olena2015]

Thank you for your reply. My biochemistry blood tests came back all normal. Still waiting on the rest of the bloodtests. Friday its the sonar so really hoping all will be ok.

[Ken_PA]

Hi, you seem to have it well thought out - but autoimmunity can also cause swollen nodes -- if it is a node.

You probably will get back a sono report that is it benign. If it's a node, you'll want to here that a "fatty hilum" is present, and maybe has "normal architecture" and "seems reactive". Ask the tech who does the scan, some will tell you what they see and you won't have to wait.

The characteristics are good. The odds are that it is not cancer.

Dry scalp might possibly make you more prone to small breaks in the skin, maybe somebody you know can examine your scalp. And/or try not using whatever you use regularly in your hair.

Don't forget that the tumor markers test can give false positives.

Good luck next Friday, you'll probably get good news.