Question: I've had a growth on outside of a butt cheek for nearly 30 years, which was slightly smaller than a golf ball with half being below the skin. A dermatologist looked at it about 25 years ago and said it should be fine to leave alone, etc. It has probably doubled in size over the past 30 years but hasn't caused any trouble.

Last week, I started to smell something and realized it was coming from the growth. There was a very sligh discharge gradually ozzing out of the growth. The growth has had a head, like a pimple for several years but I never noticed a discharge. I proceeded to apply pressure and eventually drained the entire growth. The discharge was a very potent smelling, vanilla in color with the texture of perhaps toothpaste.

The area seems to be healing very well and I'll probably mention it to a doctor sometime in the future. I assume it must have been a Lipoma. Could it reoccur in the same location? Are these hereditary? My mother had one removed from the middle of her back many years ago also.