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What Causes Painful Lumps In The Armpits?

Posted on Sat, 28 Jan 2017

Question: Dear sir/madam,
my wife has 3 knots in her underarms. she feels pain when those knots are touched otherwise there is no pain.what should we do??

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Please give additional information

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query about your wife.
To recapitulate: Female/30 - knots in underarms - pains when touched = tenderness - otherwise no pain - wants to know what should be done ...
Please give additional information for me to assist her the best:
- Since when are these present?
- Is it on one side or both?
- Any lump in the breast or the upper limb on the same side?
- Please check whether the glands are XXXXXXX or fixed?
- Is the skin above the glands normal/red/attached to?
- Are the glands fixed to the deep structure/muscles?

Awaiting for your feedback so that we can discuss further.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (22 hours later)

Dear sir, thanks for your reply.
these knots are there since last 1 year.
they are in both underarms.
no lump in breast.
glands are fixed .they dont move.
skin above glands is normal.

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
FNAC/Biopsy

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback.

Since the lumps are present for one year, I would advise you the following:

High resolution ultrasonography/CT scan and guided FNAC that is fine needle cytology and if required an excision biopsy should be done to get the proper diagnosis to plan a proper treatment.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee