Mass in daughter's leg

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Orleander

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Well, my daughter took a header down the school bus steps on Friday. (LOL, par for the course with her) While being stitched up and treated for a minor concussion, the doctor gave her the once over to see if there were any fractures, bruises, etc.
He noted a hard bump on her leg. She said it has been growing since summer. I figured they would just numb it and cut it out. He sent her to a specialist and now she is scheduled for surgery next week. Not out-patient surgery, but in the hospital, knocked out, OR surgery.
WTHell!? Is cancer hard? Is a tumour hard? What could it be? All they say is "We'll know after the biopsy"
 
Will she really need to be knocked out for surgery on her leg? Is it a deep lump? Tumours can be hard but I wouldn't be overly concerned. Some doctors always play the odds and never tell you anything definite until tests have been done. What some doctors dont tell you is that the odds of it not being cancer are actually 95% (for example).

Hopefully the biopsy comes out negative
 
I had a lump on my knee for several years, but one day I popped it and all this dried pus came out. Now I have a hole there. It was an infected hair follicle.
 
Could be anything, from a benign lipoma or keratoma to a carcinoma. Or even a sebaceous cyst or calcified bone bump

Like the good doctor said, wait for the biopsy
 
Orleander said:
Well, my daughter took a header down the school bus steps on Friday. (LOL, par for the course with her) While being stitched up and treated for a minor concussion, the doctor gave her the once over to see if there were any fractures, bruises, etc.
He noted a hard bump on her leg. She said it has been growing since summer. I figured they would just numb it and cut it out. He sent her to a specialist and now she is scheduled for surgery next week. Not out-patient surgery, but in the hospital, knocked out, OR surgery.
WTHell!? Is cancer hard? Is a tumour hard? What could it be? All they say is "We'll know after the biopsy"
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If it's right under the skin, it's probably a lipoma (one of Sam's options).
 
My hopes are with you and your daughter! I do know she is in good hands with the doctor, but ask them to mark which leg the growth is on to ne certain they do the correct leg! ;)
 
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My thoughts are with you and your daughter. Hope everything turns out for the best. A few years ago I was struggling just to walk, a lot of pain in my leg. I felt a large bump behind my knee, scared me so much I drove straight to a walk-in clinic. Turned out to be a torn meniscus which I recovered from without going under the knife.
 
I'm not too terribly worried. My husband is the worrier in the family.
The doctor said it was hard as a rock. Could be it be a rock? My daughter wipes out on her bike frequently. Could a rock have gotten into her skin? Does fat/skin/muscle grow around a foreign object like that instead of getting infected?
 
Orleander said:
I'm not too terribly worried. My husband is the worrier in the family.
The doctor said it was hard as a rock. Could be it be a rock? My daughter wipes out on her bike frequently. Could a rock have gotten into her skin? Does fat/skin/muscle grow around a foreign object like that instead of getting infected?
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She might have had something puncture her skin, such as a wood splinter. If it infects the bodily will encapsulate it.
 
Orleander said:
Encapsulate it? With what?
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"An abscess (Latin: abscessus) is a collection of pus (dead neutrophils) that has accumulated in a cavity formed by the tissue on the basis of an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials (e.g. splinters, bullet wounds, or injecting needles). It is a defensive reaction of the tissue to prevent the spread of infectious materials to other parts of the body.

The organisms or foreign materials kill the local cells, resulting in the release of cytokines. The cytokines trigger an inflammatory response, which draws large numbers of white blood cells to the area and increases the regional blood flow.

The final structure of the abscess is an abscess wall, or capsule, that is formed by the adjacent healthy cells in an attempt to keep the pus from infecting neighboring structures. However, such encapsulation tends to prevent immune cells from attacking bacteria in the pus, or from reaching the causative organism or foreign object."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscess
 
Orleander said:
She's had this for close to 9 months. Isn't pus squishy?
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It can be, but abscesses can also be hard.
It can also be a cyst, they are essentially the same as far as I know with the exception that they don't contain puss. I imagine that they form from similar causes.
 
Orleander said:
I'm not too terribly worried. My husband is the worrier in the family.
The doctor said it was hard as a rock. Could be it be a rock? My daughter wipes out on her bike frequently. Could a rock have gotten into her skin? Does fat/skin/muscle grow around a foreign object like that instead of getting infected?
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Not to scare you, but the "hard stuff" never turns out to be something good. Good thing you're catching it now.
 
Crunchy Cat said:
Not to scare you, but the "hard stuff" never turns out to be something good. Good thing you're catching it now.
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Well, considering all teh bike wrecks she has had, I'm going with rock. My husband is sure its cancer and they are gonna have to amputate. :rolleyes:
My Mom alway said 'Worrying is like paying interest on something you haven't even bought yet", so I try not to do it.

I figure if its hard, it will be easy to remove.
 
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