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Painful small Lump middle chest female
My mother, aged 55, has a lump in the middle of her chest for years but it's started paining from last few days. That pain is more in lump when pressed and it covers middle chest with that pain. What could be the diagnosis?
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Better to show a surgeon for clinical diagnosis and rest you can get ultrasound done for the same. Might require FNAC
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Please get it checked by a Surgeon as soon as possible. Considering the location of lump and age of the patient, we have to check if it's a benign tumor or a cancerous one. Don't be afraid to go to a surgeon and get it checked. It could be a simple sebaceous cyst which has got infected too.
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Dr. Rashmi
General Surgeon
6 yrs exp
Gulbarga
May be sebaceous cyst
Now got infected
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Dr. P K Asokan
General Surgeon
36 yrs exp
Chennai
From your message it seems likely to be an infected epidermal cyst of the skin or subcutaneous tissue... which needs to be examined and intervened...
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since the pain is for a few days only it might be benign....
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Dr. Riya Agrawal
General Surgeon
6 yrs exp
Panipat
Consult a Surgeon nearby for a physical examination.
Ultrasound needs to be done.
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Do not ignore the swelling.
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Dr. Wajahat Andrabi
Anesthesiologist
12 yrs exp
Srinagar
Please let a general surgeon have a look at it
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May need a needle test(FNAC)
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Please don't ignore it
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