...Why is this? My 13 year old has a swollen lymph node directly behind his ear, on top of the bone behind your ear. It is soft and I can look at him from behind and notice it is swollen.
I did take him to the doctor about three months after I noticed it because it didn't return back to normal size. It is soft and not hard. The doc did not do any blood work. He just looked at it and felt it and said it was no reason to worry because it would have grown larger over the 3 months if it was cancer ( i think he said lymphoma) and it would not have stayed the same size.

I have been watching it and it isn't growing but it is still there. will it ever return back to normal size?