Mass in daughter's leg
- Thread starter Orleander
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Most likely sebaceous cyst then.
You are so smart! thank you! :thankyou:
This is what wiki says:
a fatty, (keratinous), substance that resembles cottage cheese, in which case the cyst may be called "keratin cyst"
I think since the doctor said it looked like cheese, this might be it.
I've heard of that happening to others as well, they need only to change their cheese and stop cutting the cheese as well!
I am not Dr. House, but I play him on the internet.
Seriously, you are asking us this question? How the hell would we know? There are actually medical message boards on the net, if you have a specific question, you have a better chance to get an answer.
Now, where is my cane?
Here ya go old man!
:itold:
Yes, because maybe someone has been through it. And I thought medicine was a science. We talk about vitamins, nutrition, genetics, etc, so why not this.
And my question DID get answered, so bite me
And my question DID get answered, so bite me
I would. I am lazy to read it through, so what was the internet consensus of the diagnostic result of your daughter's leg?
P.S.: Dr. House does have a website.
ok, it was a pilomatricoma with a fibrous foreign item in it. They have sent out the foreign item. I am thinking it is a thorn or sliver.
Quite often, a small biopsy (when a tiny piece of skin is removed under local anaesthetic) will help to establish the cause of the lesion. Alternatively the whole lesion can be removed providing both diagnosis and treatment. The histology of pilomatricoma is striking. It may show a sharply demarcated tumour surrounded by a fibrous capsule or a poorly demarcated tumour without capsule. There are darkly stained ‘basophilic’ cells and ‘shadow’ cells with missing nuclei. Calcium deposits are found in most lesions.
Quite often, a small biopsy (when a tiny piece of skin is removed under local anaesthetic) will help to establish the cause of the lesion. Alternatively the whole lesion can be removed providing both diagnosis and treatment. The histology of pilomatricoma is striking. It may show a sharply demarcated tumour surrounded by a fibrous capsule or a poorly demarcated tumour without capsule. There are darkly stained ‘basophilic’ cells and ‘shadow’ cells with missing nuclei. Calcium deposits are found in most lesions.
Enmos
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Does that mean it was a benign tumor ?
yes, I think so. She has an appt the 10th for follow up. It is a fairly uncommon thing, but it is harmless. It can come back if not completely removed. I read this:
(an overactive proto-oncogene called BCL-2 suggests the normal process of cell death is suppressed and mutations in CTNNB1 suggest loss of regulation of a protein complex called beta-catenin/LEF).
It usually is around a hair follicle, but since there was a foreign item in it, apparently not always.
Enmos
Valued Senior Member
Well, maybe the fact that there was a foreign item in it means she won't be prone to something like that again. Seems it all worked out for the best
Glad it was nothing serious. Good luck with the removal!
Well, maybe the fact that there was a foreign item in it means she won't be prone to something like that again. Seems it all worked out for the best
yep.
She is milking it for all its worth. drama queen. She is still wearing the hospital ID bracelt so everyone can ask about it. I came so close to cutting it off her last night while she slept....
LO, thanks. It was removed on the 3rd. That's how they know what it was and what was in it.
Enmos
Valued Senior Member
lol
Doh! Well in that case, put that sucker in a picture frame
I asked the doctor if I could see it after it was removed. He just gave me a shocked look and said "you're not going to want to see it" :shrug: wha?! Did he just call me a weenie?!
good, no more worries.
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