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I have a painful, soft lump on the side of my head above my right ear. it always aches and sometimes shoots stabbing pain. a ct showed nothing. ?

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Dr. Mark Matsunaga answered

Get diagnosis: need to w/u. more clinical information. Mobile or immobile?. painful to palpation? Soft, or solid? size changing? how long present? trauma, infection?

Answered 7/7/2017

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A member asked:

I have a painful, soft lump on the side of my head above my right ear. it always aches and sometimes shoots stabbing pain. a ct showed nothing. ?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Mark Matsunaga answered

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