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What Does A Lump Outside The Anal Cavity Indicate?

Hello. I havve a lump just outside my anal cavity. it dosent hurt much at all. dosent look swollen. I tend to scrub hard in that area when taking showers causing hairs to be ripped out and i have been strainib myself while having bowel movements lately.. could this be the cause?
Mon, 3 Jul 2017
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
Since the swelling or a lump is outside of anal canal, this is unlikely to be due to hard scrubbing or hard stools.
This is also painless means the most probable causes are either a sebaceous cyst or lipoma.
I would advise you the following in such a situation:
Get a clinical evaluation done by a general surgeon to get a proper diagnosis so that further investigations like high resolution ultrasonography and of blood be done.
Get this excised if advised to as this will help in different ways.
Firstly you get rid of the swelling .
And secondly, you get a confirmed diagnosis by histopathology.
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What Does A Lump Outside The Anal Cavity Indicate?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood the concerns. Since the swelling or a lump is outside of anal canal, this is unlikely to be due to hard scrubbing or hard stools. This is also painless means the most probable causes are either a sebaceous cyst or lipoma. I would advise you the following in such a situation: Get a clinical evaluation done by a general surgeon to get a proper diagnosis so that further investigations like high resolution ultrasonography and of blood be done. Get this excised if advised to as this will help in different ways. Firstly you get rid of the swelling . And secondly, you get a confirmed diagnosis by histopathology.