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Docs, what's a bump under the skin of one's armpit called?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Possibly: a swollen lymph. Maybe a cyst. It really depends on what the mass actually is.

Dr Chuu agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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