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What Causes Small Lump In Belly Button?

Hi, so recently I had a small discomfort in my belly button, I thought it to be my hairs getting caught together. After awhile the pain stopped and no I noticed that there was a small lump in my belly button, it is squishy and has no pain at all when I touch it or anything. I am highly concerned in what it is and think it is a hernia but I am not sure.
Tue, 3 Mar 2015
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Hi! after going through your description and the history, if I were your family physician for this case of suspected lump in the belly button, I would come up with three possibilities like:

1. a normal developmental variant only you are too much worried about that!

2. a small skin nodule like benign fibroma or neurofibroma or a sinus tract

3. an umbilical hernia in the early stage

Therefore, you need sonographic evaluation and a direct clinical examination for confirmation of the nature of the lesion;

regards!
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What Causes Small Lump In Belly Button?

Hi! after going through your description and the history, if I were your family physician for this case of suspected lump in the belly button, I would come up with three possibilities like: 1. a normal developmental variant only you are too much worried about that! 2. a small skin nodule like benign fibroma or neurofibroma or a sinus tract 3. an umbilical hernia in the early stage Therefore, you need sonographic evaluation and a direct clinical examination for confirmation of the nature of the lesion; regards!