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bee  My six year old son has have four enlarged lymth nodes on
the left side of his neck for the past six months. I have taken
him to a GP, ENT, Pediatrician and a Pediatric Surgeon (one of
the best in SA). None of them will biopsy the glands as they say
the risk of surgery is higher than the risk of there being
cancer in the nodes. My son is otherwise well and has not
appeared to have any infections during this time. I have been
told to monitor them myself for any signs of growth and only
them will they consider biopsying one. The largest one is 1.5cm
and the other are under 1cm or only slighly over. They say they
could take years to go down and perhaps always remain this size.
My son has a very skinny neck so they are very visable when he
bends his neck to the side, every time I see them I freak out.
My husband is annoyed and says we have received the best advice
from the best special