Hard Lump In Armpit - Ligament? Posted: 04-21-06 13:08pm
My gp sent me to a surgeon for a biopsy
consult. There is a lump in my left
armpit that has steadily grown since
november. It was the size of a
medium-sized egg, but now it has spread
out into my upper chest. I also
discovered a hard lump under my left jaw
this past february (almost where the curve
of jaw is). It's grown a little since I
first discovered it (it was about the size
of the tip of a fingernail at first), now
it's about the size of a large pea, hard
as bone, immoveable. The surgeon first
checked the jaw and told me not to worry
about it, that it was the end of a
ligament (not until I got home did I think
"a ligament just hanging on the underside
of my jaw?") then he check my armpit and
told me that it was fatty tissue, and that
I needn't worry abuot that either. The
armpit explanation sounds plausible, but
the hard knot under my jaw is a ligament?
Does that sound right? Or am I just
being paranoid. I do see my gp again in
a week, and I will ask her, but I just
feel really duped. I'm a 42 year old
female.
