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Hi i have a question about my fiance, he has a hard lump behind his right ear. it isn't painful, but it has been there for a few weeks?

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Bump: great question. Sometimes its a normal variant of the anatomy of the mastoid bone but sounds like a small lymph node over the mastoid bone. He should have it checked out with an ENT

Answered 9/29/2016

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