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Occipital Protuberance Lump Itchy

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Dr.  Ajay Panwar MD

one side of what I think is my occipital bone sticks out and now I'm worried. I'm not sure how long it's been like this or if it's been like this. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ajay Panwar ( Neurologist)
Dr.  Shafi Ullah Khan MD

Two days ago I could feel a protuberance at/in the entrance to my anus. It appears to be a polyp ... lining of the anus is a hard protuberance that I estimate to be 2-3cm's in length and is similar in shape ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.       Honey Arora MD

In my mouth I have had a painful protuberance on the gum of my lower rear molar. It has been there for more than three weeks. Gargling with salt water hasn t helped. I noticed it for the first time ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Honey Arora ( Dentist)
Dr. Ronald Schubert MD

i have a hard lump on the bottom of my right occipital bone an inch or two behind the ear, on the outside of the skull, near the bottom. is it possibly something serious like cancer? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ronald Schubert ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. T Chandrakant MD

I have a lump on the left occipital area. It has been developing overtime I think, but I notice it's enlarging albeit slowly. It's firm but painless. I have no associated symptoms. Am 57 yr old male. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. T Chandrakant ( General Surgeon)

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Dr. Bruno Mascarenhas MD

physical therapist has noted something about my external occipital protuberance (previous to the nerve ... neuralgia--no burning or tingling.) My question is this: could an external occipital... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bruno Mascarenhas ( Neurologist)
Dr. Manzoor Ali MD

I have pain in external occipital protrubance pain from a week..i feel swelling on left side external occipital protrubance ..i have pain if i touch there otherwise not..what it can be? I feel some ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Manzoor Ali ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Neeraj Kumar MD

Hello. I have noticed in the last several months or more that there is a bony knob to the right of the central occipital protuberance in my skull. It is hard, not squishy, so I m guessing it s bone ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Neeraj Kumar ( Neurologist)
Dr. Aashish Raghu MD

On occasion one or both of what seems to be the ends of my bone hard nuchal ridges (back of skull behind both ears and slightly above and on each side of my occipital protuberance) will become softer and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Aashish Raghu ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr.  Birma Ram Hudda MD

Hi, I have had chronic headaches for two years now. They originate behind both eyes and travel toward the back of my head just below the occipital protuberance. The past three months they have ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Birma Ram Hudda ( General & Family Physician)