What Does A Rounded Structure At The Genital Area Indicate?

Posted on Tue, 24 Mar 2015

Question: My age is 19 nd I m a boy... when i sleep in the bed i feel some rounded structure in anogential distance area left side. my question is that is it a lymph node or something else?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
There are no lymph nodes near anogenital area.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query, albeit small and specific.

Read your history of a male - 19 years - feeling of some rounded structure in the anogenital distance area on left side - Wants to know is it Lymph node or something else.

To answer your query: there are no lymph nodes in this area at all, hence can not be a lymph node.
There is a possibility of a boil / lipoma or a cyst / fistula and so on, and this will depend upon the site, size, duration, pain or not , any discharge of fluid or pus.
Please let me know the details so that I can tell you more about it.

Well, this is definitely not normal, hence I would advise you to get the clinical evaluation and physically checked by a General Surgeon for more clear diagnosis.

I hope this answer helps you, please feel free to ask for more relevant questions or if you feel that there is a gap-of-communication .

Please give the feedback and details.

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

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (31 minutes later)

it dont move, its just a round small stucture, its measures about a half cm. it is under the skin there is no bulvy surface. it is painless. i feel it before two years.. there is no enlrgmnt in the structure in this two years.... i think it may be a bone or a nerve..is it exist in evry person or a every male???

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (14 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
It does not exist in every person or every male

Detailed Answer:
Thank for your feedback.
Anything just under the skin and of a size of just half a centimeter can not be a bone or a nerve in normal circumstances.

Got the history of the lump- does not move - round small structure - half cm - under the skin - no bulgy surface - painless and for 2 years - no enlargement in 2 years -

It does not exist in every person or every male.

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

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (31 minutes later)

i m not sure that it was a anguentle area or not... thats why i m sending you a pic of that area.. nd can it be cured by taking medicine or it will disappear without taking any medicine..?? and what is the name of this area?? nd i think its a nerve cord structure

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
May need Surgery

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback and the clear marked picture.
The area you have marked is on the border of the perineal and scrotal area.

Such lumps can not be cured by any medicines.
Yes, it can disappear on its own as the body also takes care of such lumps.
But since you are giving history of 2 years of its existence although without any change, you can either keep it as it is or get it removed by surgery. This is small at present and the surgery will be small incision.
There are 2 benefits of removal of such lumps:
1. You get rid of the lump and
2. You get the actual diagnosis by sending the sample for histo-pathology.

Consulting and actual examination by the Surgeon can clear the matter more.

Note: For further inquiries on surgery procedure and its risks or complications book an appointment now

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