Pea sized lump under skin in my daughters chest.?

Question

I recently noticed a pea sized lump under the skin in my 3 year old daughter's chest. It is almost in the middle and toward the top. It is not noticeable to the eyes but you can definitely feel it. It doesn't really bother her but whenever I touch it, it gets sore. It feels like it is attached to the underside of her skin because it moves whenever I move her skin. I already took her to her new pediatrician but she didn't make any suggestions. She gave me a prescription to get a chest x-ray, which I will do tomorrow. But I will still need to wait until I see her again before I get any results. I am going crazy in my head, praying to god that its not something serious like cancer. If anybody has gone through anything like this then comments would definitely be appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

well im sure this is a lot differnt, but as a 16 yr old guy i had lumps under my nipples and the doctor said its just differnt hormones so it may just possibly be hormones mixing and reacting and could be nothing serious at all, like estrogen or small amounts of testosterone so it may not be anything seriousy

Answer 2

I had a lump like that and my doctor said that they were just cysts.  They disappeared after a few months.

Answer 3

Sub cutaneous cyst (not in any way harmful) or very slightly possible a swollen lymph node.  Not cancer for sure.

Answer 4

Wow, my heart goes out to you.  I don't know what to say.  I know it's going to be a long wait.  I am inclined to say it's not cancerous or the doctor would have been more concerned.  Good luck and I will keep you in my prayers.

Answer 5

Stay calm, the worst ting to do is panic, its probably nothing serious, don't worry just yet, wait until you've got the x-ray results

Answer 6

well, i'm 31 y.o., a far cry from a toddler... but i have had pea sized lumps in my armpits.  turns out to be an infection of hair follicle or sweat gland.  but at her age i don't think either would be a factor.  i wouldn't worry just yet about it being cancer.  just take a deep breath, close your eyes and say a prayer.  let your child see you being calm about it so as not to upset her.  



also, x-rays can be completed quite quickly and i would definitely ask the x-ray tech or whoever to rush the results to the pediatrician and then call the pedi the very next day.  

i sincerely hope everything checks out okay.  =)

Answer 7

Don't get yourself worked up because she could have a cyst which can be treated. This is common among children,adults and not serious.

Hope all turns out fine.

Answer 8

i don't really no what to say,but it could be fluid under her skin.because my mom has a lump under her skin on her hand and the doctor said it was fluid,her lump is bigger though....they have to draw the fluid out with a needle.

hope this helps!

Answer 9

The first thing to remember is that cancer is exceedingly rare in young people. In order to get cancer, both copies of the p53 gene in a cell must be "switched off" at the same time. Since the p53 gene mutates fairly randomly - by the age of 20, most people have already gone through 10,000 or more mutations of the gene, nearly all of them in a new cell - it would be very unusual for a 3-year-old to have gotten so unlucky as to have both copies of that gene go "bad" in the same cell.

I'm not making stuff up, by the way. *MIT biology major waves at you* We have really well-developed genes that fight against cancer, and p53 is one of them - it detects when a cell has turned cancerous, and kills the cell off. Each cell in your body contains a nucleus that has 46 chromosomes in it - 23 from each parent. And two of those chromosomes have the p53 gene on it. Every now and then, a mutation occurs that disables a p53 gene. Then the cell only has one p53 gene, but that is still enough to stop cancer from happening. You're only really in trouble if the "good" p53 gene also mutates, but as I said earlier, it's very unusual for that to happen.

What most likely happened is that your daughter has a subcutaneous infection. (That is, a small infected bump under the skin.) If it helps, think of it as a zit or a sore spot. It probably won't last very long, and if it obviously isn't bothering her, then I wouldn't worry too much. 3-year-olds are very active, and it's easy for them to bump against things; a hard bump could have caused a small cut that bacteria might have entered through.

In short, keep an eye on it, but don't worry about it unless it's still around three months from now. Odds are that it's just a small infection or sore spot that will clear up if you leave it alone for a bit.

Answer 10

I had something like that on my neck, but the doctor said that it was just calcium deposits. Don't worry about freaking out your a mother thats what they should do it shows you care : ). Your doing the right thing by getting her checked out and I hope everything's ok.

Answer 11

You are right to be concerned and you are doing everything possible to figure out what this could be. Be very persistent . . call your daughters pediatrician if you are worried. They usually have the results of the xray within a few hours .. if it is anything they are concerned about they will call you immediately . .but you don't have to wait. Call your doctor. This is probably just a cyst or something harmless . .but cancer is life threatening and you have every right to be concerned about it until you have a definitive answer. Far too many people are complacent and just assume that whatever it is is harmless . . it only takes one time to be wrong . . take absolutely no chances with your babies life.

Possible cancers this could be include lymphoma or a soft tissue sarcoma (rhabdomyosarcoma) . . there are also many types of benign tumor or nodules . . it is the doctors job to figure out what this could be.  Please be careful of a doctor just assuming that this is harmless. . and if her pediatrician even whispers the word 'sarcoma' . . insist on being referred immediately to a pediatric sarcoma specialist.

Childhood Cancer: signs and symptoms of rhabdomyosarcoma

http://www.acor.org/ped-onc/diseases/SOC...

We lost our son to a sarcoma . . his doctors completely missed five large abdominal tumors and he was misdiagnosed for over a month. Take no chances. Cancer is deceptive.

Answer 12

maybe a wart??

Answer 13

I had a lump similar to the one you've described when I was little.  Mine was on my thigh.  I went to the doctor and he said that it was a cyst (relatively common) and to give it a couple of weeks and then go back.  By the time I went back, the cyst had disappeared.

Don't stress out about it.

Answer 14

Uh... it's just a lymphnode... it's normal - you have them all over you - the are part of your immune system, sometimes if there is a little infection or if they need to do a little extra work the get a little bigger - i wouldn't worry about it if your Dr. isn't worried.

Answer 15

my friend has one to! i think it is just a mole, bite or poison ivy. i got poison ivy  before. don't worry. i don't think it is cancer. but just Incas, go see a doctor.