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A member asked:

I have chronic constipation and a hard lump, painless, to the side of my butt crack about an inch above my anus. what could it be?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Uncertain: Your doctor should be able to give you an accurate diagnosis. Once possibility is a Pilonidal cyst.

Answered 6/25/2018

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