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What Causes A Hard Lump On The Shoulder?

I'm a 28-year-old male, 5'6" 175lbs. I'd say I'm relatively healthy, as I haven't had any health complaints other than the once/twice a year cold. I've noticed a small lump under my skin (a bit smaller than a pea) in my front shoulder area, about an inch and a half away from my armpit. It's unnoticeable from just looking at it. I've noticed it for about a month by running my fingers across it. It doesn't hurt, though it's hard. From touching it and moving it around, I still question whether it's only in the skin or goes deeper into the tissue. My mother passed from cancer at age 56 and my Dad is a colon cancer survivor, so cancer is always on my mind...
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. You may have some enlarged lymphnode or soft tissue tumor like lipoma or neurofibroma. Don't worry about cancer. 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 doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic.
Wish you a very good health.
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What Causes A Hard Lump On The Shoulder?

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. You may have some enlarged lymphnode or soft tissue tumor like lipoma or neurofibroma. Don t worry about cancer. 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 doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.