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
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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....
Based on your description and photo, you appear to be having normal healing. The "knot" is most likely related to the sutures closing the wound and/or swelling around the operative site. You would need to have your surgeon assess you to understand this fully.If your symptoms progress, and/or y...