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Purple lump behind ear
A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Christopher Schmidtanswered
Facial Plastic Surgery 20 years experience
Cyst/venule/skin CA: Could be lots of things, have a medical professional look at it.
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4.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 31-year-old male asked:
A Verified Doctoranswered
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 40 years experience
Local infection: This sounds like a local infection. Perhaps a bug bite, skin scratch or such. You may want to have that checked out by your doc for potential lancing ... Read More
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12 viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Ayisha Ganianswered
Specializes in Internal Medicine
Lesion behind ear: The lesion behind the ear could either, hair follicle infection, sebaceous cyst, lymph node enlargement, if does not resolve on its own have it checke... Read More
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1.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 43-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jefferson Chenanswered
Neurosurgery 36 years experience
Not certain: It sounds like there is a fluid collection in the skin behind the ear. Questions to ask yourself: is this soft? Does it move when you touch it? Is it ... Read More
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4.7k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Alfredo Garciaanswered
Pediatrics 58 years experience
Lump behind ear: Lumps behind the ear are common. Oftentimes, these are lymph glands. As you describe it, it may happen to be a cyst. Please bring her to the pediatric... Read More
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5.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. Patrick Kohlitzanswered
Internal Medicine 13 years experience
Sebaceous Cyst: Sounds like a sebaceous cyst. These are very common and of no cause to worry. Generally they do not require medical treatment unless they become un... Read More
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1.8k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 19-year-old female asked:
Dr. Michael Sandersanswered
Pulmonology 18 years experience
See below: I would certainly get that checked sooner than later. Could be infectious, could also be a malignancy. Any recent illness? Cat scratch or somethin... Read More
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682 viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. William Lewisanswered
53 years experience
Cyst/node: This may be a cyst or a lymph
node, but best to see your otolaryngologist for an exact diagniosis.
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4.9k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A female asked:
Dr. Visalakshi Valluryanswered
Family Medicine 26 years experience
Monitor : This may be just a benign lymph node. Monitor the lump for changes such as increasing size, pain, texture, pigmentation. Any of these changes indicat... Read More
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3.6k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Richard Bensingeranswered
Ophthalmology 54 years experience
Lipoma: Lipomas, a fatty tumor are common in this location as well as a few other tumors. Has the lump been present for some time or rapidly developing recen... Read More
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3.7k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
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