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I have had a little pea size lump at the side where your side burns are beside. my ear basically for about two years and its never went down?

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Dr. Dan Fisher answered

A cyst.: This is a cyst. Could be trichilemmal or sebaceous or the scar left from one of them. Not of any concern if it is not enlarging.

Answered 5/27/2013

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A member asked:

I have had a little pea size lump at the side where your side burns are beside. my ear basically for about two years and its never went down?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Dan Fisher answered

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