Talk to Gynecologist on Lump On Costal Cartilage.
Asking For Self, Female 24, Islamabad
i am 24 years old unmarried. not Medical or surgical history. i have a hard mass palpable on my 3rd or 4th costal cartilage. it is hard and fixed. no pain or any other symptom. i am just concerned because i can palpate it during breast examination and i get fearful. i found it months ago idk how long it has been here and i think it has slightly increased in size.
Dr. Hina Nadeem - Gynecologist
MBBS, MCPS (Obstetrics & Gynecology), PGD (Nutrition), CBC (Advance Ultrasound) | Islamabad
Aoa
u better seek opinion of general surgeon
do you have any family history of diabetes???
yes
5 years ago
these could either unbalanced fats deposit or may be a premature tumor cyst...
5 years ago
can fat deposits be hard and attached to costal cartilage? is it dangerous?
5 years ago
how are you sure about is it attached or not...
is it mobile???
hardness and immobility are two different things...
although benign growths are not dangerous
5 years ago
i have thoroughly examined it. i am a medical student myself. and get skeptical because of that may be. tw it was not in the breast mass or subcutaneous. it was hard like bone and immobile. like i tried byt it didn't move from the costal cartilage area.
5 years ago
so...
that means you know better that if you go for biopsy then there would be chances of malignancy stimulation....
and the last resolution in eastern medicine is sugery....
do you like to go a non surgical option ????
5 years ago
like you sure k its some cancerous mass?
5 years ago
no no never never.....
I am sure about its benign...
cancerous hazard could be in future,but that's not a compulsion....
5 years ago
what If i don't follow it?
5 years ago
follow what????
5 years ago
as in follow up for it's investigation & management? i once randomly asked a doctor k i have sth like this and he just brushed it off k you are just overthinking everything. XD (apparently because the original problem i went to him with came out to be fine like that x-ray was normal, also because i dont have any symptoms)
5 years ago
dear the matter is;
x-ray is the first option in radiological investigations....
when you remain unsatisfied and go for further investigations thn another scans would be when they would be clear too and you still visit different physicians thn biopsy at last would possibly be recommended to you and that biopsy in case would be clear also although biopsy in itself sometimes stimulate benign growths to malignancy....
5 years ago
so until it is painless dont get it in exposure to scanning rays and other investigating insicion....
5 years ago
thanks so much. jazakillah
5 years ago
and if it irritates you then you may consult someone to get rid of it.
5 years ago
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