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What Causes A Lump On Right Buttock?
Posted on
Fri, 19 Jun 2015
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Ask A Doctor - 24x7 Medical Review Team
Fri, 19 Jun 2015
Answered on
Fri, 10 Jul 2015
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Question : I have a lump under my skin on the right side of my butt. There is no itching and since this lump appeared I have broken out on my arms with small rashes. It went from two on each arm to spreading all over my body. Can you provide an type of cause of this issues? I was checked for all STDs and nothing from those test, doctors cannot tell me what it is due to the fact that the lump and breakout are two different types (lump and rashes).
Brief Answer:
Eczematous dermatitis; topical potent steroids
Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thank you for writing to us at healthcaremagic.
I have gone through your query in detail and I have also reviewed the images.
I can see dry, scaly, patches at various body sites.
These scaly patches seem eczematous in origin.
Lack of itching as a prominent symptom is probably because you are already using hydrocortisone cream topically.
However, hydrocortisone won't resolve these patches because it is a very mild topical steroid.
If I was the treating doctor I would have started you on a potent topical steroid e. g clobetasol propionate 0.05% cream, twice daily.
in addition I would have started you on an OTC oral antihistamine e. g cetrizine 10 mg once daily.
Together these would produce a noticeable improvement within 2weeks.
I would like to know more about the lump on buttocks
- Is it painful? How big it is?
- can you upload an image of the lump?
Regards
Eczematous dermatitis; topical potent steroids
Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thank you for writing to us at healthcaremagic.
I have gone through your query in detail and I have also reviewed the images.
I can see dry, scaly, patches at various body sites.
These scaly patches seem eczematous in origin.
Lack of itching as a prominent symptom is probably because you are already using hydrocortisone cream topically.
However, hydrocortisone won't resolve these patches because it is a very mild topical steroid.
If I was the treating doctor I would have started you on a potent topical steroid e. g clobetasol propionate 0.05% cream, twice daily.
in addition I would have started you on an OTC oral antihistamine e. g cetrizine 10 mg once daily.
Together these would produce a noticeable improvement within 2weeks.
I would like to know more about the lump on buttocks
- Is it painful? How big it is?
- can you upload an image of the lump?
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
the lump started out about the size of a qtip and is about the size of a skittle.
Brief Answer:
A raised patch of Dermatitis
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
I have reviewed the new image.
It seems more like a raised patch rather than a lump and I feel that it is part of the same disease process i. e Eczematous Dermatitis.
Regards
A raised patch of Dermatitis
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
I have reviewed the new image.
It seems more like a raised patch rather than a lump and I feel that it is part of the same disease process i. e Eczematous Dermatitis.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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