A member asked:

I have a small lump on my left thigh. it's about pea sized and has been there for a few weeks. you can't see it but you can feel it, sometimes it's ha?

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Dr. Julie Abbott answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Very likely benign: Whenever I hear about a pea-sized lump I am worried about an abnormal lymph node, but there are no worrisome lymph nodes in your thigh. In all likelihood this is a fluid-filled cyst, a fatty growth (lipoma), or a more fibrous growth called a dermatofibroma. All are benign; nothing needs to be done unless it grows or becomes discolored/painful, etc. VERY rarely, a cancerous tumor can begin this way

Answered 5/31/2016

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