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Could The Lumps Behind The Ear Be Due To Cancer?

Hi,
Around a month ago, my wife had a small lump in front of her ear. The doctor gave her the antibiotic and something to drain her nose due to a small infection. This lump is still there. It didn’t go away.

Now, she is having a lump behind her left ear. It is around 2 weeks since the day she noticed it.
She went to see the doctor and was told to get the blood work done and X-Ray behind her back. We are still waiting for the result.
My question is, is this lump a cancer? If it is a cancer, can it be curable?
Thank you.
posted on Sat, 15 Mar 2014
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HI. This is the most UNUSUAL place for the cancers to develop. So do not worry.
This is most probably due to a lymph node enlargement secondary to infection in nose as you rightly said.
The lymph node behind the ear also got the infection as they are internally connected.
These Lymph nodes are notorious to get small....
A proper FNAC - fine needle aspiration cytology will solve the problem .
So most probably this may not be a cancer,
And it is curable if at all it is a cancer.
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Could The Lumps Behind The Ear Be Due To Cancer?

HI. This is the most UNUSUAL place for the cancers to develop. So do not worry. This is most probably due to a lymph node enlargement secondary to infection in nose as you rightly said. The lymph node behind the ear also got the infection as they are internally connected. These Lymph nodes are notorious to get small.... A proper FNAC - fine needle aspiration cytology will solve the problem . So most probably this may not be a cancer, And it is curable if at all it is a cancer.