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Lump In Ribs. Is It Cancerous? Treatment?
hi doctor have a nice day,kindly ask something about lump in the ribs,what may trigger on it??what is the caused of that lump in ribs,is it cancerous??what should i do to cure that lump or any treatment that we need to undergo.because my aunt has a lump in the ribs its like a fist of adult and that lump appears 3months ago..
Sat, 4 May 2013
Hi and welcome to HCM. thank you for your querry.
It sounds like thoracal wall lesion. It is questionable is it subcutaneous lesion or it comes from rib bonr. If this is soft and painless it can be lipoma, fibroma or other benign skin tumors. If this is hard then some more serious diagnosis should be considered. Lung cancer doesnt start on this way. So I suggest to do ulrasounds and needle biopsy after qhich it can be easily surgically removed. Wish you good health.
It sounds like thoracal wall lesion. It is questionable is it subcutaneous lesion or it comes from rib bonr. If this is soft and painless it can be lipoma, fibroma or other benign skin tumors. If this is hard then some more serious diagnosis should be considered. Lung cancer doesnt start on this way. So I suggest to do ulrasounds and needle biopsy after qhich it can be easily surgically removed. Wish you good health.
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Welcome to healthacaremagic.
It is very difficult to say wether lump in rib is cancerous or not without doing physical examination.
Some common causes are benign tumor of fat(lipoma),muscle ,bone , trauma etc. Although cancer an also cause rib swelling they are uncommon. If she had cancer then she is likely to have other symptoms like weight loss, pain ;cough blood in sputum etc.
It is better to get her examined by GP and find out cause of lump.
Best regards
Welcome to healthacaremagic.
It is very difficult to say wether lump in rib is cancerous or not without doing physical examination.
Some common causes are benign tumor of fat(lipoma),muscle ,bone , trauma etc. Although cancer an also cause rib swelling they are uncommon. If she had cancer then she is likely to have other symptoms like weight loss, pain ;cough blood in sputum etc.
It is better to get her examined by GP and find out cause of lump.
Best regards
I find this answer helpful
Hello
Welcome to healthacaremagic.
It is very difficult to say wether lump in rib is cancerous or not without doing physical examination.
Some common causes are benign tumor of fat(lipoma),muscle ,bone , trauma etc. Although cancer an also cause rib swelling they are uncommon. If she had cancer then she is likely to have other symptoms like weight loss, pain ;cough blood in sputum etc.
It is better to get her examined by GP and find out cause of lump.
Best regards
Welcome to healthacaremagic.
It is very difficult to say wether lump in rib is cancerous or not without doing physical examination.
Some common causes are benign tumor of fat(lipoma),muscle ,bone , trauma etc. Although cancer an also cause rib swelling they are uncommon. If she had cancer then she is likely to have other symptoms like weight loss, pain ;cough blood in sputum etc.
It is better to get her examined by GP and find out cause of lump.
Best regards
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