Benign (Non-Cancerous) Lumps and Bumps

Serving Hamilton, Stoney Creek, Grimsby and surrounding areas

Acquired Digital Fibrokeratoma

  • A small flesh coloured bump
  • Usually on a finger or toe
  • Often surrounded by a thin, dry, ridge of skin called a “collarette”

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Angiofibroma

  • A small flesh coloured bump
  • Usually on the nose

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Cherry Hemangioma (Cambpell de Morgan Spots)

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Chondrodermatitis Nodularis Helicis (Pressure Sore on the Ear)

  • A painful pressure sore which develops on the ear

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Dermatofibroma

  • A firm pink-brown lump
  • Often on the lower legs

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Dermatosis Papulosa Nigra (DPN, Seborrheic Keratoses)

  • Tiny brown or black bumps that develop on the face of people with dark skin
  • Easily removed in the office

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Digital Mucous Cyst (Myxoid Cyst)

  • A small clear bump and forms at the base of a fingernail or toenail, or over a joint in a finger or toe
  • May produce a groove in the nail

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Dilated Pore of Winer

  • A harmless collection of keratin (dead skin cells) inside an enlarge pore
  • Usually on the face
  • Can be easily removed in the office with a minor surgical procedure

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Epidermal Cyst (Sebaceous Cyst)

  • Cysts can be easily removed in the office with a minor surgical procedure

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Favre Racouchot Syndrome (Favre Racouchot Disease)

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Keratosis Pilaris

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Milia (White Heads)

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Mole (Benign Nevus) Removal

  • Many benign moles can be easily removed

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Mucosal Fibroma (Oral Fibroma, Oral Fibromatosis, Oral Skin Tag)

  • A small soft pink bump
  • Usually inside the mouth or lips
  • Be sure to have your doctor check any bumps in your mouth to make sure that is not cancer

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Pyogenic Granuloma

  • A benign growth of blood vessels that appears suddenly

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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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Pilonidal Cyst (Pilonidal Abscess)

  • ‘Ingrown’ hairs at the base of the spine
  • Often aggravated by sitting, heat and sweating
  • Can be treated with Laser Hair Removal

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Sebaceous Hyperplasia (Enlarged Oil Glands)

  • Enlarged oil glands (sebaceous glands) commonly develop on maturing skin
  • They usually appear on the forehead and cheeks

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Seborrheic Keratoses (Warty Age Spots)

  • Warty spots that develop on maturing skin

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Skin Tags (Achrochorda, Fibroepithelial Polyps)

  • Extra “flaps” of skin
  • Located on the sides of the neck, under the arms and in the groins

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Solar Lentigenes (Liver Spots)

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Spider Angioma (Spider-Shaped Blood Vessel)

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Stucco Keratoses (Hyperkeratotic Seborrheic Keratoses, Keratosis Alba)

  • Look like small white bits of stucco on the skin
  • Usually on the lower legs, tops and sides of the feet and toes
  • Are a type of seborrheic keratosis

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Syringomas (Growths of Sweat Glands)

  • Are benign (non-cancerous) growths of sweat glands
  • Usually appear on the eyelids

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Venous Lake (Venous Hemangioma)

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Xanthelasma Palpebrarum (Xanthoma)

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

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