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What Causes Hard, Sore Lump Below Sternum?

I have a hard, sore lump just below the sternum. I dont know if it is part of the sternum that I have just never felt before or a lump. It feels like bone and is approximately the size of a grape. It is sore, but possibly only because I have been probing and pushing it for about 5-10 minutes trying to figure out if it is part of the sternum. I have not banged it or anything and I have no other symptoms that I can think of.
Mon, 2 Mar 2015
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first thing is it firm or stony hard - if firm and not increasing since then it might be lipoma or sebaceous cyst
if it is stony hard then get x ray done it is bone and may be part of sternum
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What Causes Hard, Sore Lump Below Sternum?

first thing is it firm or stony hard - if firm and not increasing since then it might be lipoma or sebaceous cyst if it is stony hard then get x ray done it is bone and may be part of sternum