Biopsy accuracy

[barb14]

I have multiple enlarged nodes in my neck/ears and had a biopsy done on one node because it was the easiest one to remove.  Results came back benign.  Can I rest assured that everything is fine?  If one node is fine should the rest of them be benign too?

[mariaterzian]

depending on how you are feeling ... i ve had lymphoma and sometimes biopsies came out benign when they actually werent but the fact that i was having so many other symptoms was the clue

[Ken_PA]

Outside of a lab slipup, odds of misreading the slides are probably very low. I'd get the actual report and see if there is any equivocal language in it.

And yes, if that one is good then they are probably suffer from the same malady - which is not cancer.