Marble Sized Lump At Base Of Skull

I discovered when washing my hair yesterday a lump about the size of a marble on the back of my head.

Marble sized lump at base of skull.

It is tender to touch and also the neck muscle that correlates with it directly below the head is a little tender. Potential causes of a lump on the neck include swollen lymph nodes acne and cysts. One of the more common types of cancerous skull tumor is a chordoma which is a tumor that can grow from. Finding a new lump or bump on your body would give most of us pause.

I am 17 years old. A lump that s accompanied by night sweats or unintended weight loss the bottom line a lump on the back of the neck is usually not serious and most go away without any treatment. 4 if you have a respiratory infection bacterial infection or viral infection you may also have a runny nose fever and sore throat. What could this be.

Lumps and bumps on your body. Skull base tumors in rare instances a bump on the back of the head can be a bone tumor. A pea sized rubbery knot beneath the skin is nothing to worry about. It is caused by bacteria getting under the skin usually through a small cut or.

I have a small marble sized soft hard round lump that is not visible. Any ideas of what this could be whether it is serious. Sometimes a serious infection could cause the nodes to swell even larger. This bump has appeared before off and on a few times.

After all a lump can in rare cases mean cancer. If you experience any of the following. When you should worry. Symptoms that always occur with lipoma.

When to see a doctor fast there s no easy way to tell if a lump is cancerous from the outside but there are some red flags dr. By far these are the most common lumps that parent notice and worry about. Most parents realize that lymph nodes can be found in the neck but do not know that they are also found around the ears and at the back of the skull. A skin abscess is a large pocket of pus that has formed just beneath the skin.

The type of treatment depends on the cause. It is located on the right side lower part of skull directly above the base of the skull bone. Skin colored groin bump marble sized groin lump small groin lump.