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I have a lump on my outside upper thigh, it's hard when i stiffen my leg, otherwise is smushy and sometimes warm, it's the size of my palm?

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Dr. Tracey Leaver-Williams answered

See a doctor: Especially if this is new or changing in size or shows signs of infection, you should be seen right away. It could be a number of things from a benign lipoma to a severe infection to a developing cancer, .

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Answered 3/19/2018

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A member asked:

I have a lump on my outside upper thigh, it's hard when i stiffen my leg, otherwise is smushy and sometimes warm, it's the size of my palm?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Tracey Leaver-Williams answered

Dr Fowler and another doctor agreed

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