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What Causes A Lump At The Back Of The Head?

The other day I noticed a lump on the back of my head. A couple days before that, there was no lump at all and I felt fine. I am 19 and I deal with high anxiety and I ve been stressed lately. When I touch the lump it kinda hurts, feeling like its bruise related. I do not recall hitting my head on anything. I have not seen a doctor yet because the pain is on and off. I do experience headaches and migraines. Is the lump/ migraines stress related? Please let me know what you think it can be. The lump sorta went down and doesn t really hurt when I touch it
Tue, 12 Feb 2019
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Hi,

In most cases, this is just a swollen lymph node which doesn't require any specific treatment. Also, considering your description this may be some other benign subcutaneous lesion such as lipoma, fibroma or atheroma and if there are no skin changes such as redness, pus discharge or pain and fever then you should not be worried since it can be easily surgically removed under local anesthesia. Then there are doubts it can be sent to the pathohistologic analysis.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon
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What Causes A Lump At The Back Of The Head?

Hi, In most cases, this is just a swollen lymph node which doesn t require any specific treatment. Also, considering your description this may be some other benign subcutaneous lesion such as lipoma, fibroma or atheroma and if there are no skin changes such as redness, pus discharge or pain and fever then you should not be worried since it can be easily surgically removed under local anesthesia. Then there are doubts it can be sent to the pathohistologic analysis. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Ivan R. Rommstein, General Surgeon