A 30-year-old man presents with fever, night sweats and a painless enlarged left cervical lymph node for 6 weeks. FBC is normal, ESR is elevated, and ...

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A 30-year-old man presents with fever, night sweats and a painless enlarged left cervical lymph node for 6 weeks. FBC is normal, ESR is elevated, and chest X-ray shows mediastinal widening. What is the most appropriate diagnostic investigation?

Accepted Answer

Excisional lymph node biopsy

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Fine-needle aspiration cytology of the node

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Empirical antibiotics and review

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Bone marrow biopsy only

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PET scan only

au-racp MCQ (SBA): Suspected lymphoma

A 30-year-old man presents with fever, night sweats and a painless enlarged left cervical lymph node for 6 weeks. FBC is normal, ESR is elevated, and chest X-ray shows mediastinal widening. What is the most appropriate diagnostic investigation?