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Can A Scar Tissue Form Into A Lymph Node Structure?

Posted on Wed, 13 Jul 2016

Question: What can cause scar tissue to form in a lymph node? If I have a 0.5cm scar tissue structure in my lymph node, how long should it take the body to absorb it?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (5 minutes later)

was a lymph node biopsy done

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (2 hours later)

No biopsy, they did an ultrasound

Answered by Dr. Dr. Muhammad Sareer Khalil (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome

I appreciate your concern

Caseous necrosis on in a lymph node structure indicates chronic granulomatous disorder such as sarcoidosis or tuberculosis. An excisional biopsy should be considered if there is clinical suspicion and ultrasound is also not conclusiv as it will satisfactorilyrule out a malignant disorder as well. Scar tissue alone is a non specific term. Histopathology of the tissue specimen would give more information.

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Dr M.S Khalil

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar