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What Causes A Crooked Back With Three Lumps Bunched Together On Upper Back?
Upper left back side looks swollen with three lumps and what seems like a cyst all bunched together .. Back looks slighty crooked like left side is being pushed up with constant severe paiN .. This has been slowly progressing for around three years .. Im lost on what this could be and need help
Thu, 26 Sep 2019
Hello,
If this condition has been present and progressing for several years very slowly and nothing else going on then, it is probably a benign process but the only to know for sure is to see a doctor who can palpate and examine the lesions and ultimately send you for an appropriate imaging study to define them more precisely.
They could be calcified NODULES or fatty tumors called LIPOMAS. If they are particularly painful or cause burning/shocklike sensations when moved or compressed they could be NEUROMAS (less likely than the other 2 possibilities).
Another possibility is that you may be suffering from the beginning phases of a SCOLIOSIS to the left. An X-ray will easily define that entity without much difficulty.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
If this condition has been present and progressing for several years very slowly and nothing else going on then, it is probably a benign process but the only to know for sure is to see a doctor who can palpate and examine the lesions and ultimately send you for an appropriate imaging study to define them more precisely.
They could be calcified NODULES or fatty tumors called LIPOMAS. If they are particularly painful or cause burning/shocklike sensations when moved or compressed they could be NEUROMAS (less likely than the other 2 possibilities).
Another possibility is that you may be suffering from the beginning phases of a SCOLIOSIS to the left. An X-ray will easily define that entity without much difficulty.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Dariush Saghafi, Neurologist
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