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Having Squishy Bumps On Inner Thighs. Feeling Hard To Touch. What Might This Be?

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Posted on Wed, 29 Aug 2012
Question: I have had a "squishy"bump in my inner thigh for probably 10 years...harmless, doesn't hurt, nothing. It is just like a squishy raised area and when you push on it, it just goes in, and feels almost like a hollow space beneath it. I have assumed it was a lipoma. Now suddenly, I notice that same spot is hard and when I pinch it up, it is a marble size hard nodule. It used to be when I pinched it, it was just like excess skin only, no substance to it at all. What might this be? Still painless and discovered it was now hard on accident.
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Answered by Dr. Shanthi E (3 hours later)
Hi,

Thanks for posting your query.

By all means, it seems like a benign swelling to me. Yes, as you say, Lipoma is very much a possibility. As it is long standing for 10 years now, it may have undergone secondary changes like fibrosis, degeneration that could have resulted in the hardness of the swelling now.

Alternatively, it may be a fibroma or a sarcoma.

An excision biopsy of the same and histopathological examination can confirm on the cause. It will also treat the condition surgically.

Please do write back, if you have more queries.

Regards,
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Having Squishy Bumps On Inner Thighs. Feeling Hard To Touch. What Might This Be?

Hi,

Thanks for posting your query.

By all means, it seems like a benign swelling to me. Yes, as you say, Lipoma is very much a possibility. As it is long standing for 10 years now, it may have undergone secondary changes like fibrosis, degeneration that could have resulted in the hardness of the swelling now.

Alternatively, it may be a fibroma or a sarcoma.

An excision biopsy of the same and histopathological examination can confirm on the cause. It will also treat the condition surgically.

Please do write back, if you have more queries.

Regards,