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My 5 y/o has a super ball sized, hard, painful, lump on neck near chin. does the pain suggest that this is probably an infection?
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Possible cyst: It could be an infection if it is hot and red. If not then it could be a thyroglossal duct cyst. See your doc.
Answered 2/25/2013
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