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I have a hard, small knot on the back my ear lobe. feels like a little ball. very painful. what could it be?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

?cyst?: It may be a cyst. If it becomes red, hot, swollen with enlarged lymph nodes and more tender it may have become infected. In that case seek med eval.

Answered 5/10/2018

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