Skin lumps from trauma can be treated with rest, ice, compression, and elevation. Most other lumps should be looked at by your health care provider before you try any home treatments.

Call your provider if there is any unexplained lump or swelling.

Your doctor will perform a physical exam and ask you questions about your symptoms, including:

• Where is the lump?
• When did you first notice it?
• Is there more than one lump?
• Is it painful?
• What does the lump look like?
• What other symptoms do you have?

Your doctor may prescribe antibiotics if you have an infection. If cancer is suspected, a biopsy may be done.

Images

Warts, multiple - on hands

Wart (verruca) with a cutaneous horn on the toe

Skin lumps

Warts, flat on the cheek and neck

Lipoma - arm

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Review Date: 05/13/2011
Reviewed By: Kevin Berman, MD, PhD, Atlanta Center for Dermatologic Disease, Atlanta, GA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.  Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)