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How To Treat A Hard Knot On The Leg?
I had a really bad bruise on the back of my leg about 3 weeks ago. I don t know what happened. The bruise was on the back of my thigh a little above the knee. Immediately there was a bump. The bruise has gone away but I still have a really hard knot there. It doesn t hurt but I m getting concerned.
Wed, 1 Jul 2015
you likely had an harmstring rupture (sometimes it happens without a reason) that caused bruising and a soft tissue hematoma. the first may go away, and likely the persisting bump is an hematoma that is modifying itself into a fibrosis. I suggest to do an US scan to better characterize the bump. if it is an hematoma,1) an orthopedic surgeon should aspiring it if superficial. 2) take antibiotics as amoxi-clav if you are not allergic to it, because every blood collection may get infected
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