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What Does A Lump Inside The Anus Indicate?

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Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2014
Question: Hi. I'm a 47 year old woman...today I found a very hard and pointed lump just inside my anus...it doesn't move. I do have hemorrhoids and have irregular bowel movements...my father and his mother both died from colon cancer at ages 58 and 66 respectively. Could this just be a hemorrhoid?
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Answered by Dr. K. Harish (41 minutes later)
Brief Answer: Possible Detailed Answer: That you did not have haemorrhoids and that you find a lump is a matter of concern. Irregular bowel movements (if it has manifest recently) is of concern. The family history of colon cancer is also of concern. It is difficult to tell whether you have haemorrhoid or not. The non malignant possibilities include thrombosed pile (blood clot within a pile). Since you do not have pain possibility of perianal abscess is remote. Please get yourself examined by a surgeon/colorectal surgeon or a surgical oncologist. He/she should be able to diagnose. With the data you have given it is necessary that you do not ignore the symptoms. Get yourself examined at the earliest. You can later take it easy if malignancy is excluded
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. K. Harish (19 minutes later)
Okay...thank you. It's going to be a long weekend...will contact my doctor on Monday.
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Answered by Dr. K. Harish (1 hour later)
Brief Answer: Good Detailed Answer: Please do so
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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What Does A Lump Inside The Anus Indicate?

Brief Answer: Possible Detailed Answer: That you did not have haemorrhoids and that you find a lump is a matter of concern. Irregular bowel movements (if it has manifest recently) is of concern. The family history of colon cancer is also of concern. It is difficult to tell whether you have haemorrhoid or not. The non malignant possibilities include thrombosed pile (blood clot within a pile). Since you do not have pain possibility of perianal abscess is remote. Please get yourself examined by a surgeon/colorectal surgeon or a surgical oncologist. He/she should be able to diagnose. With the data you have given it is necessary that you do not ignore the symptoms. Get yourself examined at the earliest. You can later take it easy if malignancy is excluded