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Dear All,
I have noticed this tiny lump in the outer arm, just below where it attaches to the shoulder ( about 6 inches from the top of the joint). The lump seems to be on the muscle.
I have noticed this for atleast an year or so.
There is no pain, or anything, and I dont even know it exists till I see it.
The lump itself is tiny and its hard to explain. Its a bit solid. I would say it has the consistensy of a hard olive, and about the size of a quarter olive cut lengthwise.
Now that I have the HA due to hospitalisation etc etc and lost a lot of weight as well, I am worried it might be something to be worried about.
This month, I had a blood test and it all turned out OK and infact my cholesterol had gone down a bit and my BP had improved.
Could be part of your muscle... I wouldn't worry. If it hasn't changed in a year, it won't change!
Thanks Robin.
I did some exercises as a part of my 2011 new year resolutions to reduce weight, and did some exercises for the arms using a rubber stretching band along with aerobic DVDs. I think I started noticing right about then.
CelticWorrier
01-03-12, 10:20
I have some weird lumps at the back of the armpit, in the skin where the joint is - I've looked at lots of lymph diagrams and it doesn't seem to corrrelate to where they are (this is on both sides). They *can* hurt a bit if I put pressure on them however after going through a lot of HA about them years back, I figured they were probably something to do with the muscle. In fact, I did read something about some people having some additional muscle which can cause lumps in this area. I also find if I work out and do bicep curls, they can sometimes ache a bit (along with the bicep aching), so that could be it.
Also, when I had a recent virus, I had some pain in the armpit briefly and I noticed a small node swollen in the middle of the armpit which went again after a few days, again making me think that the ones under the arm skin are not directly connected.
I could be wrong, but I'd rather not go back through the route of thinking about them too much, for obvious reasons :)
Hi CelticWorrier,
Thanks for your reply.
I used to exercise systematically 10 years back with a solid physique.
Now I joke that all the muscles have gone misplaced to the wrong locations :).
As you said it might be an extra muslce that had become prominent due to incorrect postures or procedures during my 2011 spurt of exercises, where I was never systematic.
Could be a lipoma if it moves around when you poke at it. That is just a fatty cyst, nothing bad. My boyfriend has two on each of his arms and one on his leg.
Could be a lipoma if it moves around when you poke at it. That is just a fatty cyst, nothing bad. My boyfriend has two on each of his arms and one on his leg.
Hi swgrl, it does not move around.
Thanks.
Hi all,
Just an update on this.
Went to the GP today.
He felt the lump and concluded that it is either a sebacious cyst or a fatty cyst and nothing to be concerned about.
Thank you all for the replies.
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