Any idea what this shoulder "button" is?

[divingbiker]

Before I decide to go to the doctor about this, I thought I'd see if any of you have any idea what this weird bump is on my shoulder. It's about the size of a button, and there are two of them close together under the skin. I've attempted to take a picture, but it's a little tricky to operate the camera at such close range with my left hand. If the big mole is at the center of a clock, the button is at about 8 o'clock. Thanks!

[alpinerabbit]

is it new? is it painful?

not likely an enlarged lymph node (or maybe? have you been fighting off a cold?), maybe a benign cyst/lipoma, maybe an enlarged bursa?

go and show it to your doc...

[Selkie]

Does it move around? Please go get it checked out.

[divingbiker]

is it new? is it painful?

not likely an enlarged lymph node (or maybe? have you been fighting off a cold?), maybe a benign cyst/lipoma, maybe an enlarged bursa?

go and show it to your doc...

It's been there for a few months, no pain, no recovery from a cold. It doesn't feel like the fat lumps my dogs have (seems to be attached and is fairly firm).

[Selkie]

Your big mole scares me, too (I've had some moles removed...). Please make an appt.

I wonder---do ganglion cysts happen at the shoulder, since it's a joint? I have one on my wrist - just showed up a month ago - doesn't hurt, doesn't move, is firm.

[divingbiker]

Your big mole scares me, too (I've had some moles removed...).

Actually, it's not really a mole, just a dark spot, and has been checked many times. That's what happens to 52-year-old skin after spending every day as a kid at the swimming pool getting blistering sunburns in the days before sunscreen!

I guess I'll make a doctor appt for January...

[Zen]

My diagnoses is benign abnormal cell growth.
DNA and RNA can only transcribe and transpose so many times before making an error in coding.

According to this Wikipedia article, it's not a ganglion cyst.

Twenty dollars, please. Payable in jam
can I call you Lumpy now?

[Selkie]

Alpine - Thanks for posting that info.

A yearly skin cancer check is important, particularly for those of us who spend a lot of time outdoors and are fair skinned. You cannot be too careful. I have a family history of melanoma and have several suspicious moles removed. That's why I'm sensitive to this topic.

[divingbiker]

Finally went to the doctor today, and the "button" is a benign sebaceous cyst. Nothing to worry about unless it bothers me, and then it can be removed.

[Zen]

I have some instruments i only used once in anatomy class.
Dissection of a cow eye, I believe it was.

A simple outpatient procedure

[Selkie]

Finally went to the doctor today, and the "button" is a benign sebaceous cyst. Nothing to worry about unless it bothers me, and then it can be removed.

Thanks for updating us. Coincidentally, I was thinking of your "button" the other day! Glad to hear it's nothing serious.

Stay away from Zen and her scalpel!!