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Let me tell you a bit about the past — I had a little swelling on my face near the left ear for the past two years, there was no pain, but from last month it started swelling under the throat, so I went to the ENT specialist. Before the operation, the ENT surgeon said that it was a lymph node tumor. After the operation, I found out that it was not a tumor, but lymphoma. Soft tissue, left parotid samples were sent to 2 laboratories for biopsy and the reports were different, 2 samples were immunohistrochemstry and the reports were also different, one showed B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the other one showed follicular lymphoma, I have added two reports earlier. Last week I went to the hematologist, he said that after analyzing my physical symptoms, he thought it could not be B cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, so he asked to send the sample to a neighboring country for review and advised me to take PET scan and treatment until the report comes. But I am afraid that I will get the right treatment?

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@babu123 I certainly understand your uncertainty. It’s not as though it’s six of one or a half dozen of the other. The appropriate treatment can’t be determined without a definitive diagnosis. What are your other symptoms?
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/non-hodgkins-lymphoma/symptoms-causes/syc-20375680