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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Robert Dalling & Saffron Otter

University student mistakes deadly golf ball-sized lump on her neck as mumps

A university student who found a deadly lump on her neck when she was getting ready for a night out with friends has told of her horrifying ordeal.

Layla Phillips, a Swansea University student, was putting on a necklace when she felt a mysterious lump in her throat.

She initially thought it was a case of a viral infection with a swollen neck.

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