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A member asked:

What does it mean when you have a bump on your lip for months & then you pick it & under the skin is a white substance out of the bump don't have herpes?

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Dr. James Burns answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Sounds like..: A benign dermal cyst, but having an experienced physician look at it will give you a better answer. Doesn't fit the disease process for hsv the way you have described it.

Answered 11/14/2013

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