What's a lump?

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  • Inlarry
    Registered User
    • Sep 2015
    • 1
    #1

    What's a lump?

    Everything I find says to look for a lump during self exams, but exactly what constitutes a lump?

    I feel a small spot on my left, that I best describe as a small pimple in feel. Should I call my doctor? It's been there for a few weeks at least.
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  • tc2100
    Registered User
    • Aug 2015
    • 23
    #2
    If in doubt it's best to have a doctor checked it out. Maybe and U/S too. I would have never found my lump on my own given its position but doctors know what to look for.
    10 aug 15 - Visit to PCP detects bump on right testicle after some discomfort
    17 aug 15 - Ultrasound reveals 1cm posterior upper mass on right testicle. Well defined w/ vascularity (age 39 at this moment)
    18 aug 15 - CT scan with normal results. Tumor markers normal.
    19 aug 15 - Urology visit recommends immediate right I/O. I want second opinion.
    24 aug 15 - Second opinion with outside Urologist. Decent chance of benign tumor (very well defined, paratesticular). Partial right I/O something to try.
    24 aug - 2 sep 15 - More 3rd, 4rd opinions concur on partial right I/O
    18 sep 15 - Partial right I/O. Tumor excised, waiting for pathology.
    25 sep 15 - Pathology in. Adenomatoid tumor. Bening tumor! No further treatment needed.
    16 nov 15 - New 1.5 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm bump found! Hematoma suspected.

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    • MarkOne
      Registered User
      • Sep 2015
      • 263
      #3
      I agree, if unsure then get it checked.

      Testicular cancer is a funny thing. A lump on a testicle doesn't always mean mean cancer, and cancer doesn't always have a detectable lump ( mine didn't ). If the doc isn't sure it's nothing then you will probably get sent for an ultrasound.

      With regard to self exams, you are looking for a change rather than a lump, something that wasn't there before. It could be a lump, but equally it could be a change in hardness or swelling or shrinking not caused by temperature. Mine was found by self exam when it went suddenly rock hard and lost sensation.

      As I said, if at all unsure then get it checked out

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