Painful hard lump where thigh meets pelvis

[tmt731]

Hi,

About a week ago, I noticed an oblong shaped, painful lump basically on the line where my thigh meets my pelvis. Anyways, at first, I attributed it to a pulled groin or just doing something weird but it hasn't gone down at all and the other side doesn't have it. I started doing some online research and just got nervous with some things I found, as I have had other medical issues recently (abominal pain, unexplained anemia and unexplained weight loss). Let me tell you more about this lump though. It is hard, not moveable, about an inch and a half long, centimeter wide, very painful when pushed, and when my legs are down, you can tell it's there (not visually, but if you run a finger over it). I'm nervous because I have lymphoma in my family and am worried somethings gone wrong. I also have a fibroadenoma in my breast. I'm at school and don't really know where to go, and don't want to go to student health, but also don't want to rush to a doctor if it's nothing to worry about. Let me know what you think.

Thank you,
Tevon

[TonyBob]

hi, some quick amateur thoughts:

- from a little bit of quick reading, it seems to be a fibroadenoma, not lymphoma
- apparently, fibroadenoma hurts when larger, which yours seems to be
- many/most kinds of lymphoma are not heritable
- most lumps/bumps are not lymphoma anyway -- but some of course are and so you naturally don't want to overlook that

Regarding lymphoma, I myself wouldn't put too much stock in observations about whether nodes are moveable, etc. (Yes, I do see people saying that does matter.) These are general indicators, but not determinative at all.

Btw, I doubt that student health would help much in rare conditions, but that's a pure guess.

Your observation on weight loss, etc is well noted. But I see the  phrase "In addition, sudden weight loss can also cause Fibroadenoma." on a web page. So maybe the
effect is in reverse.

- speaking of which, maybe you have a GI bleed?

Note that in general weight loss etc occur in *later* stage lymphoma. Detection of lymphoma usually comes way before that, in developed countries.

If it were me, I would do any future research in the other direction, "do I have another fibroadenoma?" rather than "I have a lump, is it lymphoma?". That seems more efficient and productive at this point. (I assume you have checked yourself all over and found no other nodules.)

I'd also check into incidence, and also try to narrow it down by age, race, etc. Also especially I'd locate stats on how already having one can lead to having another.

Good luck, Tevon   :)