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Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...When laying flat on back I can feel a long hard mass about half an inch above and below my belly button, this mass has a heartbeat like pulse and is not tender. What might it be?
Mon, 12 Jan 2015
Pathologist and Microbiologist, Dr. S. Samanta's Response
two possibilities are there in this case: benign vascular lesion like hemangioma and hernia.
in worse case it could be some tumor or tumor-like condition.
kindly get immediate physical examination by a general surgeon; USG/Doppler study could easily pick it up!
get well soon!
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What Could The Lump Under Belly Button Be?
two possibilities are there in this case: benign vascular lesion like hemangioma and hernia. in worse case it could be some tumor or tumor-like condition. kindly get immediate physical examination by a general surgeon; USG/Doppler study could easily pick it up! get well soon!