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Small soft ball behind ear, dangerous?

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Not likely: An asymptomatic ball or nodiule in that location is likely to be a benign lipoma, a fatty tumor of no pathologic significance. These sometimes enlarge and can be easily removed if it bothers you but these will cause no illness.

Dr Satulovsky agreed

Answered 2/26/2020

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