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Elongated, olive sized lump on inner left thigh near groin. can pinch with fingers. slightly tender, not painful. not sti, recently tested. cancer?

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Need to examine: It is not feasible to provide a meaningful opinion without taking additional history, physical examination and may be some tests. However, you may watch and wait. The lump is likely to be a lymph gland. You may feel the node every couple of weeks, if the lymph gland doubles in size, becomes painful, ulcerates, or other nodes become enlarged, or you develop fever, or lose weight, you should see a doctor.

Answered 12/24/2017

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Lymph glands: These are regional strainers of the body fluids (not blood) that pass within and between your tissues. Their location points to what they work with. Groin nodes sift through the fluids in your leg. Bug bites, a rash, skin infections, on the involved leg will trigger growth in these glands that lasts weeks until the trigger fades. Increasing pain or color changes signal likely infection.

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