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[|Human|] I have a tumor at the base of my neck..it moved to the side of my neck and is now formed a oozing pocket. When I went to the Doctor and had a hospital stay the test came back no cancer. I went to go get the oozing pocket taken care of an they told me it now may be cancer. I am getting to a cancer dr asap. if it is not cancer and the tumor is non cancerous why is it oozing
[|AI|]  Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. In my opinion you are having cervical abscess. Neck area (cervical collar) is full of lymph nodes. And these nodes can sometimes infect and become enlarged. If proper treatment was not started, the center of the node becomes necrotic and liquifies and produce pus like material. It is known as cervical abscess. It can be due to malignancy also.So the best way to confirm is aspiration of fluid and get done cytology, routine microscopy and culture and sensitivity. If cytology shows atypical cancerous cells than you are having malignancy. But if cytology is negative and culture grows bacteria that means this is infective abscess. So better to get done aspiration of fluid and its tests.