What could it mean when there is a fairly large, soft to the touch, lump on the back of the earlobe that only has been hurting for about an hour now, but doesnt no how long it has been there. It doesn t pop and it has two little red marks but its not an open wound. When pushed, it looks almost like a black ring perhaps underneith; very vague in look. Has a earache and the pain is also told to be running down the side of the neck .