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Lump or bulge, recent injury or trauma
Lump or bulge, recent injury or trauma
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 28-year old male asked:
I dealt with a facial trauma 6 weeks ago & it caused swelling on one of my cheek. Within 2 weeks of injury, most of the swelling went away but I still feel a lump in cheek which is not going away and its size has been constant, Also theres no pain?
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A 40-year old male asked:
I have developed a small blister like lump on my shoulder over past weeks.Hard, clear & no fluid,no trauma or recent sunburn. What could this be?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I have a small hard lump on right side forehead bout an inch below hairline and not visible to the eye it does not move and its tender if touched and you can feel your heartbeat coming through it also skin moves freely over and no recent trauma?
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A member asked:
My 11 y/o child has a large bulge or lump behind her ear, what could it be? This lump showed up out of no where, no injury occurred. She felt pain when she laid down and touched behind her ear and noticed her l side felt different than her r side. She
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A 37-year old female asked:
My son came to me with a hard lump on top of his head. Hard. Size of small bouncy ball cut in half. No recent trauma he recalls.no pain. no redness or bruising. Neuro appears WNL.
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A 38-year old female asked:
Recent point tenderness in lower ab, frequent/urgent urination for over a year, I believe a small lump/bulge is present but feels swollen, and fluid.
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A 33-year old male asked:
Elbow suddenly v painful yesterday & now swollen so much i can barely bend arm. Fluid filled bulge, v painful. No trauma or obvious explanation. Help?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I am experiencing head trauma, I hit the side of my head 24 hrs ago and have a lump and pain while chewing and yawning, is this normal, should I seek medical attention?
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A 28-year old female asked about a female:
He has two lumps on his head, One is extremely painful. No head trauma. ?
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A 41-year old male asked:
Trauma to lower backresulting in multiple lumps just above the si jointover the erector spinae group and lumbarcausing me to lean forward?
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A 45-year old female asked:
I have a small lump in my left forehead and city scan result says its trauma but i feel a light pain sometimes that last few seconds, should I worry?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Blunt force trauma to upper chest, three years on, there is still a lump. Why is it still there?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Soft lump for years on the top back side of head below skin, every few weeks it enlarges, and radiates severe pain & gets really warm, no head trauma.
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A 27-year old female asked:
I am 27, I have a lump on my shin for about 6mo. No trauma. Discoloration on top of the area. It is the size of a dime. Not painful. Hard mass ?
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A 26-year old male asked:
My penis bent to the left and I straitened it automatically. But now theres a lump on right side and I cant get fully erect first tim this has happened I did masturbate for hours is this peryones disease or just a penile trauma like swelling ?
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A 39-year old female asked:
I had blunt force trauma to my upper arm, after two weeks i still have a large painful lump under the skin after two weeks. Not visible. What is it?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Can masturbation cause Peyronies disease, havent fractured my penis, no intense trauma, I noticed a slight bend in my penis to the left, flaccid in middle of shaft, should you feel hard lumps on penis when soft? Semi erect bent, fully erect its not?
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A 34-year old female asked:
I am experiencing bruising (quality: after trauma) about two weeks ago I got a hickey on my left boob ... & it was slightly black and blue now blk & blue is gone, can it leave behind a lump ?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have a painless lump on my anterior tibialis ligament and my Achilles tendon on my left foot. No trauma. What could it be.
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A female asked:
5-6cm Bruise appeared without any trauma on lower left abdomen. top of bruise is pea size lump under skin, tender to touch.. Should I be concerned?
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A 42-year old male asked:
Hi All M/42 , the last 3 weeks Ive developed an ache in my groin and bloating lower abdomen area, nothing obvious lump wise and no trauma that Im aware of and nothing strenuous other than some digging in the garden prior to this. Many thanks?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I have a bruise on my pelvic bone that just showed up for no reason no trauma now it has a hard lump under it and it has a burning sensation. Could this be something serious?
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A 27-year old male asked:
I have a small lump in my tricep area for 1.5 weeks no trauma. Radiates pain to my underarm if you push on it. US shows indeterminate heterogeneous structure 1.7 x 0.5 x 1.3 cm could represent small hematoma or a lymph node. Which more likely?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Old ~10 year old scar of the removal of a lump caused by blunt force trauma on scalp suddenly swollen with a hard lump. There is a very light red around the lump, with the lump being very pale (due to the extension of the skin I think). Any ideas?
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A 38-year old female asked:
Woke up with a hard sore lump on right base of skull. No head trauma. As round as a quarter. Week ago I thought I had vertigo. Dizzy off balance with muffled hearing. Very sore. Started getting headaches today also. Kinda worried?
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A 18-year old male asked:
I am experiencing genital lump (penis or scrotum). The following also describe me: Skin redness or irritation, Scrotal mass, and Skin trauma. What...
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A 60-year old female asked:
3x2cm firm painless intramuscular lump in thigh. No trauma. US inconclusive but has minimal vascularity. Lump now smaller. What could it be?
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A female asked:
Lump on left shin in fat layer (had scan) which has been there for 2 months. Not sore, not growing, no previous trauma to leg. what could it be?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Lump on left ribcage, no trauma previously. MRI doesn't show lipoma that Dr. thought it MIGHT be. Growing and painful. "Normal" fat act like this?
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A 27-year old female asked:
Can trauma to your neck cause a tight feeling in your throat as if there is sometimes a lump there?
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