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What Is The Small Hard Lump Below My Ear Lobe That Radiates Pain?

I have a rice sized, hard bump behind my lower left ear directly behind the lower ear lobe that seemed to appear over the last 4 months and won't go away. It feels it is sometimes sending an infrequent pain down the side of my next that lasts for 2 seconds.
Tue, 4 Aug 2015
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Read and understood your history of a small rice sized hard lump behind the ear that sometimes cause 2 second sharp pain.
The possibilities are:
Granumola
Neurofibroma
Cyst on a small sensory nerve

Since it is so small the ultimate treatment would be to get it excised under local anesthesia and send for histopathology examination to get a final diagnosis.
Also watch for similar lumps anywhere else in the body.
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What Is The Small Hard Lump Below My Ear Lobe That Radiates Pain?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Read and understood your history of a small rice sized hard lump behind the ear that sometimes cause 2 second sharp pain. The possibilities are: Granumola Neurofibroma Cyst on a small sensory nerve Since it is so small the ultimate treatment would be to get it excised under local anesthesia and send for histopathology examination to get a final diagnosis. Also watch for similar lumps anywhere else in the body.