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Swollen Outer Lump On Thigh, Soreness, Fat Diagnosed. Cancer?
I have a swollen outer upper lump on my thigh, went to have it checked last year and doc said its fat!!!, I don't buy it, a year later, I feel its gotten bigger, and is a soft big round lump and now from touching it it seems sore, I am petriefied this is cancer, I am going to another doc in two weeks, the left side looks like normal fat, but the other side is so much fatter and I am thinking it looks like a fatty tumor!, iam so scared!!
Fri, 24 May 2013
Hi,
clinical examination is often helpful in these cases. Your doctors have diagnosed it as fat deposition. Then why are you worrying. It may be a lipoma. But soreness is quite abnormal finding. An imaging will clear the doubt, but if diagnosis is evident clinically then imaging may not be necessary. Follow your doctors' advise.
clinical examination is often helpful in these cases. Your doctors have diagnosed it as fat deposition. Then why are you worrying. It may be a lipoma. But soreness is quite abnormal finding. An imaging will clear the doubt, but if diagnosis is evident clinically then imaging may not be necessary. Follow your doctors' advise.
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