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What Causes Lump On Shin After Knocking?
I injured my shin by knocking against a hard object a few weeks ago. At first there was bruising, pain and a lump. Now the bruising has gone and there is no pain, however a hard lump still remains on my shin. I was told that this might be something called a callis or something similar where there is calcium build up around the injury on the bone. But could you please advise?
Fri, 18 Jul 2014
That would be right. Whenever there is injury near a bone there forms a blodd clot or hematoma which is the lump you noticed and the injured bone reacts and forms a callus which later with the help of the hematoma gets calcified to become a callus. Dont worry it will resolve over time and will not cause you any problem. Take care.
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