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I have a lump under the skin behind my left ear, it hurts and it hurts when i move my head sometimes..any idea of what this could possibly be?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Possibilities: Maybe an inflammed on infected cyst or an enlarged postauricular lymph node.

Answered 1/5/2019

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A member asked:

I have a lump under the skin behind my left ear, it hurts and it hurts when i move my head sometimes..any idea of what this could possibly be?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

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