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A member asked:

I have a small swelling underneath my buttocks. it might be a swollen lymph node ?

A doctor has provided 1 answer
Dr. Jeffrey Miller answered

See a gyn doc: several possibilities, doubt life threatening at this time but treatment has to be diagnosis specific

Answered 6/27/2016

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