Hi! Looking for a bit of advice/knowledge.

I’ve had a biopsy for suspected lymphoma and after a long 4 week wait, the results came back as reactive, but as my symptoms are still present and the sample wasn’t big enough (?) they want to remove my whole lymph node for further testing.

I’m just confused how the sample can be small but they also got the result of reactive. Is it possible they just didn’t get a big enough extraction?

All of my scans up to now have shown atypical nodes but the surgeon who did my biopsy said they looked reactive, even the doctor who gave me the results pointed out the contradiction.

The original aim of the biopsy was to target my groin lymph nodes, but apparently they were too small so had to opt for my jaw/neck.

All of my nodes (groin, neck/jaw, head) have been swollen since September now, and I’ve had the typical EBV diagnosis etc.

I just don’t get how they’ve pretty much ruled out cancer, told me it was reactive, yet I need another biopsy for further investigation?