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What if your lymph node near your collar bone is the size of a pea?
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∙ 14y ago
If your lymph node is the size of a pea but soft it may be nothing. However, if the node is hard or seems to be growing, there could be an infection, virus, some inflammation or cancer brewing in the body. Lymphoma and leukemia are cancers of the blood that can't be cured and often lead to death.
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