has anyone had several enlarged lymph nodes in neck and an enlarged goitre thyroid gland on one side - if so, what did it turn out to be for you?

Hello - I posted on here a couple of weeks back about enlarged lymph nodes on neck.  I was urgently referred by my dr for an ENT appt which I have now had.   At that appointment the ENT dr pointed out that aswell as my enlarged lymph nodes in my neck, I also have an enlarged thryoid gland on one side, which he called a goitre.  

I was then urgently referred again for an US and biopsy which I found out yesterday is on 10th April. 

Has anyone else experienced this?

Thank you x

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  • The lymph nodes were in the upper cervical region - which is part of the neck. As it happens, when they were looked at during the US they appeared "entirely normal". So they didn't even do a biopsy of them.

    The biopsy (simple and painless) was only taken of the nodule in the thyroid isthmus (a bridge of tissue which crosses over the front of the windpipe).

    Quite frankly, I had no idea that I even had a nodule until the PET/CT scan was done. Of course, I can feel it now - it measures 1.7 x 0.7 x 1.7 cm!

    Best wishes x