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What Could The Small Painless Lump Behind Ear Be?
i have been having a small painless lump behind ear for 9 months now. At times it's gets bigger and at times it gets smaller. I suffer from sinus almost everyday which affect my throat and ear and I was wondering if could that be the cause or is it cancer?,i lost my mom of breast cancer. I'm a female and 25years old
Tue, 27 May 2014
Hi.
Thanks for your query and an elucidate history.
This can not be a cancer as it would have grown phenomenally within 9 months. and this is never the site of any cancer. So please do not worry.
This is most probably a small innocuous lymph node, you can confirm this by FNAC- fine needle aspiration cytology.
This usually needs no treatment unless shows - redness, increase in size or pain.. You do not have so nothing to worry.
Thanks for your query and an elucidate history.
This can not be a cancer as it would have grown phenomenally within 9 months. and this is never the site of any cancer. So please do not worry.
This is most probably a small innocuous lymph node, you can confirm this by FNAC- fine needle aspiration cytology.
This usually needs no treatment unless shows - redness, increase in size or pain.. You do not have so nothing to worry.
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