A member asked:

Hard pea size rubbery lump beside my old hernia area (repair 7 months ago). what is that?

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Dr. Jeffrey Seiden answered

Specializes in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Surgical evaluation: This could be a suture granuloma (inflammation around a foreign body such as a suture), a recurrence of the hernia, or a lymph node. Especially if it hurts, you need to be evaluated by your surgeon.

Answered 5/7/2015

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