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How Can A Painful Armpit Lump Be Treated?

I have a painful lump in my armpit area. It has been there since Christmas time. It is painful to stretch my arm as the area feels really constricted and tight. The lump is kind of hollow on the inside and the walls of it are firm..but as i I said it hurts to touch..any ideas on what it could be?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern.
You may have enlarged axillary lymphnode. It can be due to reactive hyperplasia, tuberculosis, lymphoma or metastatic carcinoma. Or it can be some cyst or soft tissue tumour like lipoma. You should go for fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy of that lump. It will give you exact diagnosis. Then you should take treatment accordingly.

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How Can A Painful Armpit Lump Be Treated?

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. You may have enlarged axillary lymphnode. It can be due to reactive hyperplasia, tuberculosis, lymphoma or metastatic carcinoma. Or it can be some cyst or soft tissue tumour like lipoma. You should go for fine needle aspiration cytology or biopsy of that lump. It will give you exact diagnosis. Then you should take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have any doubts then contact me at bit.ly/Drsanghvihardik, I will be happy to answer you. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.