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Lymphoma

What are the symptoms?

Hodgkin's Lymphoma most commonly presents with painless swelling of the lymph glands which continues for some weeks or months. The first glands to be affected are often in the neck or in the area above the collar bone. Sometimes glands in the axilla (armpit) or groin may be affected. Where glands in the chest are affected, a troublesome cough or breathlessness may be apparent.

In Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma there is an enlargement of a group of lymph glands somewhere in the body: for example, in the neck, throat, chest or abdomen. Initially the swelling is painless. Where glands in the chest become very enlarged, difficulty in breathing and a puffy face and neck may develop.

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Medical text written November 1991 by Contact a Family. Approved November 1991 by Professor M Patton, Professor of Medical Genetics, St Georges Hospital Medical School, London, UK and Dr J E Wraith, Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. Last updated May 2000 by Dr Paul Revell. Last reviewed April 2005 by Dr Paul Revell, Consultant Haematologist, Staffordshire General Hospital, Stafford, UK.

 

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