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What Would Cause A Lump Behind The Left Knee?
I discovered a lump behind my daughters left knee, she is 6. We had a full blood screen and they said they did specific tests for Lymphnoma and it was all good. Nothing at all off in her bloodwork. Dr didn't find any swollen glands. As I understand it, that doesn't mean it still couldn't be cancer. She has no other sypmptoms at all and the lump doesn't hurt. I am very worried, she has an ultrasound scheduled for tomorrow. What are your thoughts?
Sat, 31 May 2014
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Thanks for your query and an elucidate history.
Unless proved otherwise the lump behind the knee is a Baker's cyst and can be confirmed by an ultrasound as you are rightly doing. Still better would be to get an MRI of the knee done for a clearer picture and to find any other associated problem of the inside of the joint.
Thanks for your query and an elucidate history.
Unless proved otherwise the lump behind the knee is a Baker's cyst and can be confirmed by an ultrasound as you are rightly doing. Still better would be to get an MRI of the knee done for a clearer picture and to find any other associated problem of the inside of the joint.
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