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Lately, I have noticed that I am getting these lumps in my muscles on my arms. I am not sure if they are lipomas or not, the pictures I have seen of lipomas show them to be quite large. These are about the size of a pea or lima bean. IF i tense my muscle the bumps feel attached but if I relax I can move them around under the skin. What the h$## are these things?
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Monica
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I don't know what they are, but I have them too in my right thigh.
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I've had lots of these over the past 30 years. Most small, pea size to an inch or so.
You see pictures of the huge ones, because people take pictures of the big and dramatic examples.
They can occur inside muscles and these are more problematic and prone to come back as I understand.
They can be held tightly in fibers of connected tissue right above the muscle though, and feel attached to the muscle even though they are outside it. My guess that is what you are describing. Lipomas. Thick rubbery globs of abnormal fat.
I always got mine removed if they started bothering me, before they were too large and would leave a big scar. They can be loosened up and worked out of an incision about 1/3 as long as the diameter of the lipoma with a little effort, greatly reducing the scar.
If in doubt it would be good to at least have one taken out and checked in case it was something more evil.
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beachcomber
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I have a few also. They are about the size of a nickel. Doc says to leave them be for now. One on my finger was really disturbing to look at. But, it went away while on Bicillin. I don't know what they are.
I got these on my thigh, and at the time and 'seem' to peg them to having something to do with milk thisle. I don't recall what other supps. or abx, if any I was taking, but I correlated the disappearance of them when I stopped the milk thistle.
Milk thistle 'might' have something to do with it.
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