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Can Moveable Soft Lumps Under The Skin On Forearm Be Considered Cancerous?
Question: I have two small nodules together under the skin on my forearm they move and are soft. all doctors have said not cancer except one said could be. I am panicked. They are right next to each other. Does cancer move and is it cancer if it is two together?
Brief Answer:
Cancer does not move = Simple FNAC is confirmatory, please get it done
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query but not really happy to see that you got panicked.
First of all, requesting you to calm your nerves as this may not be cancer.
The cancer containing lump do *not move by the time they are detected.
And if there are 2, there is no possibility that they can be cancer. This is so because there are no lymph nodes present in the forearm.
Secondly, No known case has yet been reported in medical literature indicating cancer can occur at the site you have mentioned and just after some trauma.
Thirdly, simple FNAC, a small OPD procedure of fine needle aspiration cytology will prove or disprove the matter and will confirm what it is.
I would request and advise you to get this done and be free of anxiety and stress. Get an early appointment and please let me know the reports of FNAC.
I hope this answers your both the queries and also explains the why and the solution too.
Please feel free to ask relevant queries if you need to or if you feel that there is a gap-of-communication.
Cancer does not move = Simple FNAC is confirmatory, please get it done
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query but not really happy to see that you got panicked.
First of all, requesting you to calm your nerves as this may not be cancer.
The cancer containing lump do *not move by the time they are detected.
And if there are 2, there is no possibility that they can be cancer. This is so because there are no lymph nodes present in the forearm.
Secondly, No known case has yet been reported in medical literature indicating cancer can occur at the site you have mentioned and just after some trauma.
Thirdly, simple FNAC, a small OPD procedure of fine needle aspiration cytology will prove or disprove the matter and will confirm what it is.
I would request and advise you to get this done and be free of anxiety and stress. Get an early appointment and please let me know the reports of FNAC.
I hope this answers your both the queries and also explains the why and the solution too.
Please feel free to ask relevant queries if you need to or if you feel that there is a gap-of-communication.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you. I am going tomorrow. I did fall on that spot two months ago. Does that mean it can be cancer? My doctor said 100 percent it's not cancer. I should trust her?
Brief Answer:
Trauma never causes cancer.
Detailed Answer:
Great, get FNAC tomorrow and please let me know the results.
Falls never cause cancers, this is for sure.
You should trust Her.
Be stress-free.
Trauma never causes cancer.
Detailed Answer:
Great, get FNAC tomorrow and please let me know the results.
Falls never cause cancers, this is for sure.
You should trust Her.
Be stress-free.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj
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