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Skin nodules
Subcutaneous nodules are raised skin lesions that originate in the subcutaneous layer, so are deeper than surface lesions.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Skin nodules?
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A 47-year old asked:
What is a skin nodule?
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A 44-year old asked:
My gf has skin nodules and the doctors don't know what they are. Who should she see?
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A 30-year old asked:
My sister has skin nodules and the doctors don't know what they are. What can we do?
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A 26-year old male asked:
I have a skin nodules on my two sides of cheek. It may be visible from period to period and it may be painful and t's size about chikpea. Please help?
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A 42-year old asked:
What skin infections can happen if a knife is used to remove skin nodules?
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A 46-year old asked:
I have a painless red skin nodule in my lower armpit. Should i be concerned?
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A 37-year old male asked:
I have a 4 cm long, 1 cm wide skin nodule in the upper left of my pelvis, that is mobile and tender since 1 week, with no other symptoms. What could it be?
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A 34-year old asked:
If I am having skin nodules can this be caused by cystic acne?
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A 31-year old asked:
I am on day 6 of accutane. Do the under the skin nodules turn into regular acne?
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A 27-year old male asked:
Husband sick for months. Fatigue, body aches, low body temperature, enlarged spleen, heterogeneous liver, cellulitis (strep and staph) and skin nodule?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Should i go back?. I recently had a negative oral cancer screen, but under skin, these nodules in lower part of mouth either side?She did not comment.
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A 20-year old male asked about a 16-year old female:
Is it normal for the skin where a nodule is found to turn purple and have a white lump on it?
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A 42-year old female asked:
My son has two skin coloured small nodules on his tonsils ,is that normal ? No symtoms but he is a strep carrier , I dont know if it is related ?
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A member asked:
I have small, skin covered, painless, nodules on several of the first joint (closest to the fingetnail) of my fingers. What concerns should I have?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Hello docs, I saw my colorectal doctor on today and I have hemorrhoids and on the left buttocks nodule he said it could cyst or anal fistula. However I dont drain anything from it the nodule skin intact. He ordered an mri. Im young guy worried .Ty?
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A 39-year old female asked:
All lymph sites swollen for about13 months as well as skin nodules, accompanied by bruising, hair loss, extreme weight loss, fatigue, itching mostly a?
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A 34-year old female asked:
The skin flap in front of one tonsil (anterior tonsil Pilar) on one side looks different. It has an extra nodule of skin, in a way. They are the same color on both sides, though. Is it normal it not to be identical on both sides?
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A 50-year old female asked:
What causes nodules under skin on bottom of feet?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Abscess in pubic region popped two days ago, it's healing.. I can still feel nodule under skin though. What to do?
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A 33-year old male asked:
On left side of lower neck, a small nodule under skin (lymph node?), it is soft, same size. Not protruding. No pain. Any way of knowing what it is?
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A 58-year old female asked:
Have a hard umoveable pea sized nodule under skin an inch above jawline near the ear. What could it be? It's painless.
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A female asked:
I've had a yeast infection on and off. Small nodules beneath skin turned into hard very tender large knot on Both labiA. Very tender inner folds. ?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Symptoms of nodular skin cancers?
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A 30-year old female asked:
I have a healthy 1 year baby.i ve noticed a hard nodule like thing beneath the skin on his leg. Its been there for some months. It cant be seen . It is only felt and it is fixed. what is it?
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A 32-year old female asked:
I have a blue nodule under my skin on my back. Sometimes if i'm sitting my back against a hard surface it hurts. What is it though?
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A female asked:
I have a solid, hard, immobile nodule on the back of my head, at the base of my skull cap. Thoughts? Concerns?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Are cancerous nodules knots or lumps visible to everybody or is it fell under your skin? for example like on your neck
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A 27-year old male asked:
Why recurrent nodule 1x1cm at lateral left nosedrill? Inside so not visible outside. No lymphnodes there but what? Painful. I have skin urticaria.
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A 19-year old female asked:
Can a skin coloured nodular melanoma change colour?
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