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Have a softball size lump on right side mid back. last 2 weeks it's been getting worse. i do have back problems, what could this be? it's very painful

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Dr. Edgar Mendizabal answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Infected sebaceous : A sebaceous cyst got infected, you might need incision.

Answered 9/28/2016

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