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I feel a small lump in my neck behind the lower end of the sternomastoid muscle. What to do?
Query: Hi doctor, I feel a small lump in my neck behind the lower end of the sternomastoid muscle. I have felt it six months ago, and it has never changed. I have a mobile little mass of less than one centimeter. I fear it is a big thing, and I think I am obsessed with having cancer. I had no other symptom... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. I think you have lipoma. Your fear of mass being cancerous is far from it. If the mass is more than two centimeters, let them do a fine needle aspiration biopsy. Kindly schedule another appointment with me for a follow-up with the result. I hop... Read Full »
Can ganglion cyst occur on a fracture site?
Query: Hi doctor, I am a 21-year-old. I keep on getting ganglion cysts. Previously, I had 6 cysts and the last one was worse. It appeared where I had a broken bone previously, and a fracture on my fifth metatarsal. It grew a little and got ruptured a week back. It is causing pain affecting mobility and ge... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I am unable to comment on the exact cause of the lump or bump that you are experiencing. You have not attached your ultrasound report. It seems to be a ganglion as it bursts spontaneously. But multiple incidence and location are unusual to occur especially on the fo... Read Full »
Suggest treatment for my 5-year-old daughter's knee pain.
Query: Hi doctor, I want to know about my five-year-old daughter's left knee pain. It lasted about two weeks. We went to hospital they took an X-ray and MRI. Please find the attached MRI report. Can you please explain about the further treatment? Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. There is nothing serious to be worried about. A ganglion cyst is a harmless swelling, nothing like cancer. How good are the movements in her knee? Can she bend her knee completely? Is she limping? Is the pain very high? Only if the movements ... Read Full »
Can a ganglion on the wrist turn cancerous?
Query: Hi doctor, I have a lump on the wrist. I noticed it before a month. I do not have pain while pressed or moving my hands. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. It seems like a ganglion. Wear a wrist splint when the wrist is painful and take anti-inflammatory tablets as required. It does not require surgical treatment and they disappear spontaneously. Read Full »
How is a ganglion cyst formed?
Query: Hi doctor, My 4-year-old daughter had dropped a heavy toy on her leg, and there was swelling. I took an ultrasound, and the report stated that it is a hypoechoic region, which is fluid surrounding the bone. Though it has reduced in size, it is not entirely gone. Is there any medicine to make it van... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Well, that is a ganglion, which would have been already there before the injury, but you would not have noticed it. The injury was just a coincidence. There is no need to worry about it because most ganglion regresses on its own with time. If not, they are completely as... Read Full »