Lump in my arm. Wondering what it could be...

[MrSmith]

OK, it's just below my elbow if my arm is hanging down. And as I said I wasn't coming here for advice and I'm not worried. I was just curious if anyone has had the same thing. I wasn't asking for a hands-on diagnosis. You guys are too funny.

 

[Tanto]

OK, it's just below my elbow if my arm is hanging down. And as I said I wasn't coming here for advice and I'm not worried. I was just curious if anyone has had the same thing. I wasn't asking for a hands-on diagnosis. You guys are too funny.

If you have pain rotating your wrist and/or pain while compressing your forearm (think hitting a solid object with the palm of your hand) then it could be a bone cyst. I had one in the exact same spot. So I would see a doctor and have an X-ray taken. If it is a bone cyst, you'll see it clear as day as a large dark area on your bone.

 

[MrSmith]

If you have pain rotating your wrist and/or pain while compressing your forearm (think hitting a solid object with the palm of your hand) then it could be a bone cyst. I had one in the exact same spot. So I would see a doctor and have an X-ray taken. If it is a bone cyst, you'll see it clear as day as a large dark area on your bone.

Is this information I see before me?

No pain unless I poke it. What happened after your X-ray? What was the treatment and the outcome?

 

[GoCubsGo]

Is this information I see before me?

No pain unless I poke it. What happened after your X-ray? What was the treatment and the outcome?

It is 10:15 am, it's early on the west coast but there are walk-in clinics. It is just the right time to call your doctor on the east coast. That brings me to this ... WTF are you still doing here and why haven't you called a doctor?

Also, please make sure you ask that photoshop question for me as well, save me from having to create a thread.

 

[Tanto]

Is this information I see before me?

No pain unless I poke it. What happened after your X-ray? What was the treatment and the outcome?

It starts with pain localized to poking it, but progresses to what I described above. The cyst is effectively eating away your bone so ultimately the sooner it is identified, the less time you have to have a cast on it.

The treatment involves surgery to remove the cyst from inside your bone and then filling the void with a special growth "gel" (from what I remember) and then having your arm from the upper arm down in a cast for 6 months or until the X-ray show that the void has been re-filled with bone.

There can be issues with limited rotation of your had because the surgeon has to deal with a lot of connective tissue in that area but my results were a full recovery with no after effects. I just have a sweet scar there.

But once again, only a visit to your doctor can conclusively identify your condition.

Are you under 18? These things are most common with teenagers because these things tend to form on growth plates.

 

[Sun Baked]

Swollen lymph node or benign cyst.

People normally get the cysts on their back, since that is the spot that you can't pop the zit.

 

[MrSmith]

BTW I went to the docs and he said it was probably a bite and unless it was getting bigger (it was a large red area to begin with) not to worry and go back in three weeks or so.