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Lump 3 Years After Sclerotherapy Treatment

I had sclerotherapy 3 years ago, I still have a lump in the spot where it was performed. I feel that the lump is getting bigger, should I be concerned?

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3 Doctor Answers | Asked by 9191anon in charleston,sc
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Lump after sclero

It depends alot on what was injected. if something unusual was injected it could be some sort of foreign body reaction. more than likely its just a dermatofibroma or it could be unrelated and warrant a biopsy. an ultrasound might be beneficial in workup.
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Check It Out

If this were a clot, your lesion  would be getting  smaller, not larger. There is a remote possibility that the trauma from a needle stick could have triggered a benign lesion called a dermatofibroma, which is really nothing more than a glorified scar. However, I have never seen this happen and it is not mentioned as a side effect of sclerotherapy in the textbooks.  Thus it is very likely that the lump coincidentally formed in an area you had sclerotherapy. While most... more
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Enlarging lump after sclerotherapy

It is highly unusual for a lummp created after sclerotherapy to enlarge over time. Maybe there is a coincidence and the lump has nothing to do with the sclerotherapy.  You definitely should see a dermatologist and ask for evaluation and a possible biopsy of the enlarging growth.

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