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What Causes Lump At The Base Of The Skull With Fever And Headaches?

I just found a hard lump that is not moving at the base of my grandson's skull.He has had some really bad headache in the last few months.He also had some unexplained high fever with headache that landed him in the hospital on antibiotics and and saline IV.Now I am really scared.
Thu, 30 Apr 2015
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In my opinion, the swelling you are describing is mostly enlarged lymphnode.
In children, infection is very common due to immature immunity.
And upper respiratory tract infection(URTI) is most common amongst all infection.
This will cause enlargement of draining lymphnodes.
And upper throat is drained by upper cervical lymphnodes.
So URTI is more likely cause for his swelling (enlarged lymphnode).
He was also having fever, this also supports the diagnosis of URTI.
So treatment of URTI is required to reduce the swelling on back of head.
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What Causes Lump At The Base Of The Skull With Fever And Headaches?

Thanks for your question on HCM. In my opinion, the swelling you are describing is mostly enlarged lymphnode. In children, infection is very common due to immature immunity. And upper respiratory tract infection(URTI) is most common amongst all infection. This will cause enlargement of draining lymphnodes. And upper throat is drained by upper cervical lymphnodes. So URTI is more likely cause for his swelling (enlarged lymphnode). He was also having fever, this also supports the diagnosis of URTI. So treatment of URTI is required to reduce the swelling on back of head.