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A 30-year-old female asked:

5 yr ago a hard, white, chunky lump developed under the skin on my inner thigh. biopsy just said not malignant. won't heal. how to remove w/o surgery?

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Dr. Marsha Davisanswered

Internal Medicine 30 years experience

Treating surgeon : It is very reasonable to have it removed if it is bothering you

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Dr. Edward Young Jr commented

Dermatology 43 years experience

Probably a calcified epidermal cyst

Jul 22, 2014

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