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My son has a lump on the right side of his face just above the cheek bone. the lump comes, goes & is painful. it resembles a small abscess w/o a head?

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Dr. Arnold Malerman answered

Needs visualization: Not a question that can be answered without visualizing the "lump." See your Dentist, may be draining abscess. See your PCP who may want to refer you on to either ENT for sinus problem or to Dermatologist for skin lesion.

Answered 2/22/2015

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Dr. Philip Miller answered

Checkup: may be a sebaceous cyst-get any facial skin lesion examined.

Answered 9/28/2016

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A member asked:

My son has a lump on the right side of his face just above the cheek bone. the lump comes, goes & is painful. it resembles a small abscess w/o a head?

2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Arnold Malerman answered

Dr. Philip Miller answered

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