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3 cm diameter neck level 2 lymph nodes bilaterally, firm in consistency, slight very movement with contraction of neck muscles, for last 3 months without any symptom-no pain, no fever, no cough/cold, no malaise, no night sweats. I had chickenpox 4 months ago &they were enlarged at that time=but regressed to 1 cm within 1 month. And then again started enlarging. Don't want painful FNAC-also it will need USG guidance for fnac, I badly don't want that painful FNAC. Can it be malignancy? Can it be TB? Quantiferon Gold TB will be too costly. And I already had Tb at age of 9 years (with full AKT)--Still possible to diagnose/rule out TB using Quantiferon test?
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FNAC to confirm.
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FNAC is as painful as a need prick for a blood sample. And a painful second is better than constant worry as to the possibilities and no diagnosis. Get FNAC from a well trained doctor and send for TB tests. Including AFB smear, cytology and GeneXpert if possible.
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