Ganglion or lipoma? (Photo)

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My doctor guess it was ganglion and come to find he said it was lipoma and no thing was not send in to the pathology it been 2 months since I had surgery and still painful and tingling and numbness and sore

Nelson Castillo, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question.  By two months most of your symptoms should have improved regardless if the mass had been a lipoma or a ganglion.  I would recommend following up with your surgeon to voice your current issues and seek a diagnosis and treatment plan.  If your surgeon was not a hand specialist it may be best to seek a second opinion.  Hope this helps.

Raffy Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Lipomas are benign fatty tumors that occur under the skin and less commonly within the muscle. They are associated with mild discomfort and a lump underneath the skin. It is always best to talk to an expert plastic surgeon to determine whether the lipoma is possibly a cyst or a tumor or hernia. We would have to remove the lipoma to be sure that it is not something else and we usually do this by sending it to a pathologist for evaluation. If a lipoma is painful, then an exam is needed to make sure it is not compressing on a nerve or whether the diagnosis is different. Aftercare for a lipoma includes gentle compression and Plato’s Scar Serum twice daily on the wound.

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Dr. Karamanoukian
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Hratch Karamanoukian, MD, FACS · Answer

Thank you for your question.The area is common for ganglion cysts but ganglion cysts have a very typical appearance while lipomas look like fatty tissue. If he says it looked like a lipoma, it probably was.Dr Karamanoukian

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