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What Could The Lump Under Belly Button Be?

Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...When laying flat on back I can feel a long hard mass about half an inch above and below my belly button, this mass has a heartbeat like pulse and is not tender. What might it be?
posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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two possibilities are there in this case: benign vascular lesion like hemangioma and hernia.

in worse case it could be some tumor or tumor-like condition.

kindly get immediate physical examination by a general surgeon; USG/Doppler study could easily pick it up!

get well soon!
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What Could The Lump Under Belly Button Be?

two possibilities are there in this case: benign vascular lesion like hemangioma and hernia. in worse case it could be some tumor or tumor-like condition. kindly get immediate physical examination by a general surgeon; USG/Doppler study could easily pick it up! get well soon!