LUMPS AND BUMPS (BENIGN, NON-CANCEROUS)



Serving Hamilton, Stoney Creek, Grimsby and surrounding areas.

Angiofibroma

  • A small flesh coloured bump
  • Usually on the nose

Becker's Nevus

  • A mark with increased pigmentation and hair
  • Usually on the chest, shoulder and back

Cherry Hemangioma

  • Bright red dome-shaped blood vessels

Chrondrodermatitis Nodularis Helicis (CNH) for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Chondrodermatitis Nodularis Helicis (CNH)

  • A painful pressure sore which develops on the ear
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Corns (Clavi)

  • A painful area of hard skin
  • Usually on a toe or the sole of the foot
Dermatofibroma for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Dermatofibroma

  • A firm pink/brown lump, often on the lower legs
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Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra - DPN for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra - DPN

  • Tiny brown or black bumps that develop on the face of people with dark skin
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Digital Mucous (Myxoid) Cyst for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Digital Mucous (Myxoid) Cyst

  • A small clear bump and forms at the base of a fingernail or toenail. It may produce a groove in the nail itself
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Epidermal Cyst ('Sebaceous Cyst') for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Epidermal Cyst ('Sebaceous Cyst')

  • Cysts can be easily removed in the office with a minor surgical procedure
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Furuncle (Boil) or Carbuncle for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Furuncle (Boil) or Carbuncle

  • Is a painful infection around a hair follicle which often comes to a point and drains pus
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Keratosis Pilaris

  • Rough, bumps on the cheeks, sides of the upper arms and thighs
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Milia (White Heads)

  • Tiny white bumps that develop on the face and eyelids
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Mole Removal

  • Many benign moles can be easily removed
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Molluscum Contagiosum for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Molluscum Contagiosum

  • Caused by a virus and are mildly contagious
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Pyogenic Granuloma for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Pyogenic Granuloma

  • A benign growth of blood vessels that appears suddenly.
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Scalp Cyst (Pilar Cyst) for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Scalp Cyst (Pilar Cyst)

  • Cysts are a sac filled with dead skin cells and can develop anywhere on the skin"s surface
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Sebaceous Hyperplasia for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Sebaceous Hyperplasia

  • Enlarged oil glands (sebaceous glands) commonly develop on maturing skin
  • They usually appear on the forehead and cheeks
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Seborrheic Keratoses for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Seborrheic Keratoses

  • Warty spots that develop on maturing skin
  • Also known as 'Senile Warts'
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Skin Tags

  • Extra "flaps" of skin over the sides of the neck, under the arms and in the groins
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Syringomas for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Solar Lentigines (Liver Spots)

  • 'Liver spots' which develop after years of sun exposure
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Spider Angioma

  • Small clusters of blood vessels
  • Usually on the face, hands and upper chest
Telogen Effluvium for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Syringomas

  • Harmless growths of sweat glands on the eyelids.
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Venous Lake

  • Purple Bumps
  • Usually on the Lip or Ear
Warts (Verruca Vulgaris) for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Warts (Verruca Vulgaris)

  • Warts are caused by the Human Papilloma Virus - HPV
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Xanthelasma for Hamilton, Grimsby and Stoney Creek

Xanthelasma

  • Are yellow deposits of 'cholesterol' and fats on the upper and lower eyelid
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