I am  50 female that up until 3 yrs ago was tataly healthy, at that time, I found a lump in my breast,(microcalicum) upon futher test there was 3 lumps found ranging from 1.5 to 3.1 in size and they were all removed, now I seem to have lumps everywhere, there is a lump in my lower left groin area thet no one seems to be able to tellme what it really is, I have been told it is a chocolate cyst, a fistula, or maybe a herina, it seems every Dr has a name for it but no oone wants to do an ultrasound on it, the gastro Dr I saw yesterday seems to think it is from Chrons and has started me on antibotics (agian no test) we are having a colonospocoy on the 8th to rule out cancer, I myself think that since the bloating and constipation only occures when the "bulge" is full that it has everything to do with the bowel pronlems, how can I convience these Drs to do a simple ultrasound before they start me on uselss meds and srugeries
Welcome to Chat Doctor. 1. The history and symptoms suggest the possible cause could be inguinal hernia. The next possible cause keeping your history n mind is lymph nodal enlargement.2. In case of hernia you need to convened your doctor to get an ultrasound examination.3. The ultrasound will help in assessing the nature of the lump, in case of hernia, the defect measurement, its content and presence of any strangulation and vascularity.4. And helps in differentiating from the cyst, vascular cause or lymph nodes - an FNAC - fine needle aspiration cytology in case of mass lesion / lymph nodes to assess the nature of the lump.5. So I would suggest requesting the doctor to get the scan done. Good luck. Hope I have answered your query,anything to ask do not hesitate to ask.http://doctor.ChatDoctor .com/doctors/ Chat Doctor. 