[LeeH]

Reader's Digest version: I found a lump under my chin about a month ago. It was so tiny I wasn't even sure it was really there. A month later it was measured at 12mm via ultrasound. BUT, they found a dozen more around my chin, jaw line, and neck. Doc tried a course of antibiotics a couple of weeks ago, but that changed nothing.

Two weeks from today I have an appointment with the ENT who took out my tonsils. I'm going in tomorrow with the US report to see if I can get it moved up. The appointment was made without knowing any of the info on the report.

I'm a chronic Googler. I know docs hate that, but oh well. Based on what I've read I'm getting a sinking feeling that this isn't going to turn out well.

From the report:

FINDINGS: Left of midline 5 x 4 and 3 x 3 rnm hypoechoic nodules. Midline 4 x 3, 12 x 4 x 6 mm solid nodules.

Right submandibular 4 x 4 mm nodule. 3 x 3 mm nodule below the right ear and 4 x 4, 5 x 4, and 6 x 5 mm nodules caudal below the left ear.

IMPRESSION: There are multiple, mostly hypoechoic nodules in the area of patient's palpable abnormality. Some of the nodules have curvilinear area of increased echogenicity including the largest 12 mm nodule near midline compatible with partial fatty replacement of suspected lymph nodes. Findings are most compatible with reactive lymphadenopathy.