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- Lymph node biopsy guided by ultrasound | Cancer Research UK
Lymph node biopsy guided by ultrasound A lymph node biopsy is when a doctor checks and removes a small piece of tissue or sample of cells from one of your lymph nodes The doctor sends this to the laboratory and a specialist doctor called a pathologist examines it under a microscope To check the lymph nodes, you have an ultrasound
- Surgery to remove the lymph nodes in your neck
Sentinel lymph node biopsy Before your sentinel lymph node biopsy The day before or morning of your operation, you have a scan to show where the sentinel nodes are You usually have this in the nuclear medicine department in the hospital This scan shows the surgeon which lymph nodes to remove but doesn’t tell them whether the nodes contain
- Symptoms of non-Hodgkin lymphoma | Cancer Research UK
These swellings are enlarged lymph nodes See your GP if you have a swollen lymph node that does not go away after 3 to 4 weeks losing a lot of weight (more than one tenth of your total weight over 6 months) and you don't know why Doctors call this group of symptoms B symptoms Some people with
- Symptoms of Hodgkin lymphoma - Cancer Research UK
The most common symptom of Hodgkin lymphoma is a painless swelling in one or more lymph nodes This can be in any area of the body, but the most common areas are the: neck armpit groin Lymph nodes commonly swell if we have an infection but they usually go back to normal over a short time
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy for melanoma skin cancer
A sentinel lymph node biopsy is a test to find these lymph nodes Your doctor then checks to see they have cancer cells in them If your doctor thinks you need a sentinel lymph node biopsy, you have it at the same time as an operation to remove the skin and tissue around where the melanoma was This operation is called a wide local excision
- Surgery to remove lymph nodes from your armpit
Checking lymph nodes during surgery (sentinel lymph node biopsy) The sentinel node is the first node in the armpit, where the fluid drains into from the breast This means it’s the first lymph node the breast cancer could spread to Your surgeon usually carries out a sentinel lymph node biopsy during the operation to remove your breast cancer
- Symptoms of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) - Cancer Research UK
A type of leukaemia called T cell ALL can cause swollen lymph nodes in the centre of your chest It might also make a gland in your upper chest bigger This is called the thymus gland The swollen nodes or thymus gland may press on the windpipe, causing breathlessness and coughing They can also press on the veins carrying blood from the head
- Surgery to remove lymph nodes for melanoma skin cancer - Cancer Research UK
This is a different type of biopsy to a sentinel lymph node biopsy If the biopsy shows melanoma in a node or nodes, they usually offer you an operation to remove all of the lymph nodes in that area This is called a lymph node dissection or lymphadenectomy If a sentinel node biopsy shows melanoma in your lymph nodes This is called a positive
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