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...Undergoes Lymph Node Surgery...
...ANGELES--O.J. Simpson was taken to a hospital before dawn in an unmarked sedan yesterday for minor surgery to biopsy swollen lymph nodes, then was returned to jail...
Simpson's condition had been closely monitored because the lymph nodes under his armpits were swollen and he recently had been having "drenching night sweats," his doctor said in a statement...
...Lymph nodes from his right armpit were removed to check for cancer. The operation was performed under sedation and a local anesthesia, Dr. Robert Huizenga said. "The patient fared very well," he said...
...Swollen lymph nodes in the armpit, neck or groin can indicate the presence of a wide range of viral or bacterial infections, or more serious diseases such as AIDS, cancer or Hodgkin's disease. Huizenga said a search for an infectious cause for Simpson's condition--including HIV--turned up nothing...