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What Causes A Golf Sized Lump On The Inner Thigh?

I found a golf size ball on my inner thigh when I sit down on the couch you can see it a little bit when you gently take your finger an not press you can feel it but when you press hard it a hard firm ball size an it dosnt move could this be cancer I been thru so much on every holiday since I was 18 I had bad news wth my health I hope this isn t serious what do you think it would be
Fri, 6 Jan 2017
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Hi and welcome to HCM.
It sounds to me like possible lipoma or artheroma and these are benign conditions, also it ma be baker cyst or venous varix. In eery case it is advisable to do ultrasound and needle biopsy if necessary and then it can be surgically removed under local anasthesia. Wish you good health. Regards
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What Causes A Golf Sized Lump On The Inner Thigh?

Hi and welcome to HCM. It sounds to me like possible lipoma or artheroma and these are benign conditions, also it ma be baker cyst or venous varix. In eery case it is advisable to do ultrasound and needle biopsy if necessary and then it can be surgically removed under local anasthesia. Wish you good health. Regards