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Q: Causes of lumps in the armpits

asked by: DoctorQuestion on December 25th, 2008

my friend has noticed a small pea sized lump under her arm pit and i cant convince her to go to the doctor to get it checked out as she is too worried what might come back. there is one on each arm pit. any ideas what this might be?

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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD

replied on December 27th, 2008

General Q and A Answer A5175

You should go to a doctor, because it is hard to say what it is without seeing it, and there are many differential diagnoses. The least dangerous are certain skin cysts originating from the skin glands products. The lump can be caused by infection. When an infection occurs, it is usually accompanied with redness, swelling and pain. One of the most dangerous diagnoses is a metastasis from a close tumor that affected the lymph nodes in the armpit.

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