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What Causes Feeling Of Lump In Left Rib And Stinking Belly Button?
Hey, would you be able to tell me what does a lump on your left ribs mean? i have someone that means so much to mean and she doesn t want to go to the doctors! she also has a stink belly button also what does that mean? she doesn t have a belly ring but she had kids and one was a c section? please help me out!
Tue, 23 Dec 2014
Hello and welcome to HCM,
A lump on left ribs can be due to soft tissue swelling or it can be due to bony swelling.
A X-ray of the rib cage is required to know the site of the swelling and its extent.
Besides imaging cytology, an aspiration study of the swelling is required.
In aspiration cytology, a needle is introduced in the lesion, cells are aspirated, spread on a slide and stained with appropriate stain.
The stained cells are studied under microscope and nature of the lesion is determined and thus management is done.
Thanks and take care
DR Shailja P Wahal
A lump on left ribs can be due to soft tissue swelling or it can be due to bony swelling.
A X-ray of the rib cage is required to know the site of the swelling and its extent.
Besides imaging cytology, an aspiration study of the swelling is required.
In aspiration cytology, a needle is introduced in the lesion, cells are aspirated, spread on a slide and stained with appropriate stain.
The stained cells are studied under microscope and nature of the lesion is determined and thus management is done.
Thanks and take care
DR Shailja P Wahal
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