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Suggest Remedy For Inflamed Lump Under Breast Plate
My 16 year old son has a hard lump about the size of a baseball under the breast plate on his right side. x-rays at the ER showed an inflammation, and that thus far his heart and lungs are not affected should we be concerned? And what could it possibly be?
Mon, 8 Sep 2014
HI.
This is most probably a condition called Gynecomastia and the best way is to get this operated , removed and subjected to histo-pathological examination.
Although this is usually a bilateral phenomenon, it is not rare to see like this.
Cancer has to be ruled out by doing histopathology of the removed specimen and X-ray has not much role to play in the diagnosis. Radiography in the form of CT scan of the lesion, chest and axillae is of help.
This is most probably a condition called Gynecomastia and the best way is to get this operated , removed and subjected to histo-pathological examination.
Although this is usually a bilateral phenomenon, it is not rare to see like this.
Cancer has to be ruled out by doing histopathology of the removed specimen and X-ray has not much role to play in the diagnosis. Radiography in the form of CT scan of the lesion, chest and axillae is of help.
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