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What Causes Growing And Shrinking Lump On Neck?

I have a lump on my neck that grows and shrinks. My doctor thinks it's a sebaceous cyst but after looking it up online it doesn't seem to have the symptoms of one. When it grows it is very painful but when it shrinks it's fine. It may be a coincidence but I think it grows with heat. I've had it for about 2 or 3 years now and it has always done the same thing. Just recently it's grown even bigger to the point that the bump is very noticeable. Before even when it grew you couldn't really see it clearly, just feel it.
Mon, 20 Apr 2015
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It may be a lymph node which grows with some local infection like cough and cold and subsides as the infection goes off. You need to have a broad spectrum antibiotic for 7-10 days to reduce it. Usually, a sebaceous cyst may also present the same ways but it usually has a black punctum or dot some where on the bulge. If it is in the midline of the neck, it may be a dermoid cyst which may also get infected and grow in size.
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What Causes Growing And Shrinking Lump On Neck?

It may be a lymph node which grows with some local infection like cough and cold and subsides as the infection goes off. You need to have a broad spectrum antibiotic for 7-10 days to reduce it. Usually, a sebaceous cyst may also present the same ways but it usually has a black punctum or dot some where on the bulge. If it is in the midline of the neck, it may be a dermoid cyst which may also get infected and grow in size.