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What Causes A Non Painful Lump In The Armpit?

I have a non-painful hard lump in my armpit about the size of a pea. It's under the skin and sometimes it's easy to feel and sometimes it seems like it disappears into my arpit and then I have to really press the area to find it. I've had it a little longer than a week. I've been applying wet warm compresses to it at least twice a day for the past 4 days. How worried do I need to be that it could be cancerous?
Tue, 17 Jun 2014
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Stop wet warm compresses with immediate effect. Armpit skin is very sensitive.

This can be either a Lymph node as it is lost sometimes to be palpated. Sebaceous cyst is always attached to the skin and always palpable.

The only way to get a proper diagnosis is FNAC, that is fine needle aspiration cytology , done if required under ultrasonographic guidance, or a biopsy.

Is there is a lump in the breast ?

Get this done and be assured, Whatever is the result this is treatable. IF infective just a few weeks course of an antibiotic and anti-inflammatory medicines,
If cancerous treatment under the care of an Onco-surgeon and Oncologist.

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What Causes A Non Painful Lump In The Armpit?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Stop wet warm compresses with immediate effect. Armpit skin is very sensitive. This can be either a Lymph node as it is lost sometimes to be palpated. Sebaceous cyst is always attached to the skin and always palpable. The only way to get a proper diagnosis is FNAC, that is fine needle aspiration cytology , done if required under ultrasonographic guidance, or a biopsy. Is there is a lump in the breast ? Get this done and be assured, Whatever is the result this is treatable. IF infective just a few weeks course of an antibiotic and anti-inflammatory medicines, If cancerous treatment under the care of an Onco-surgeon and Oncologist.