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What is a lymph node in a lung?

What does a swollen lymph node in lungs mean?

  • An x-ray of a lung showed a swollen lymph node in the lung, what does this mean?

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    In my experience, when we are doing repeat follow up CT scans on patients with a KNOWN cancer, we can see lymph nodes. They generally watch them to make sure they do not grow. Make sure you keep open communication with your doctor, and see a specialist, if you have not already. First off: "Clusters of lymph nodes are found in the underarms, groin, neck, chest, and abdomen." "They may become enlarged due to a tumor or infection. In some cases, they may feel enlarged due to past infections; although one may be perfectly healthy, he may still feel residually enlarged nodes." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymph_node

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Are you talking about in the setting of someone who has a known cancer?

Becca

means your body isnt put together very well..there are not any lymph nodes in your lungs...

eric92065

It could be due to an infection or many other things. Have you asked your doctor about it? When I had surgery for my lung cancer the surgeon removed a lung lymph node over 10 mm in size… it was black and certainly swollen for I was a heavy smoker. Lymph nodes are all over your body and organs, for they serve as strainers for whatever the body deems harmful; that’s why they get swollen in the first place.

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