Golf Ball Sized Knot At Base Of Skull
1 inch or 2 5 cm.
Golf ball sized knot at base of skull. I had brought it up to my physician and was told it was only a knotted muscle. It s been there for about 5 6 months. I am 37 years old and have a golf ball sized lump on the back right side of my neck. It s been there for about 5 6 months.
October 27 2015 needless to say we ve all come across stressful situations in our lives and perhaps even more so now with a high unemployment rate and a challenging economy. A number of brain tumors will affect the base of your skull as well. Inch or 6 mm. It is in the right side of my spine about an inch and a half below where my skull ends.
I have had a hard knot on the right side of the back of my head neck area for at least 4 months. I never use to get headaches but get them daily now about the same time of day late afternoon till morning. Tumors may originate in the skull base or spread there from cancer elsewhere in the body treating skull base tumors and conditions is challenging because they are close to critical nerves and blood vessels in the brain. I never use to get headaches but get them daily now about the same time of day late afternoon till morning.
You may notice a lump at base of your skull when you have a pituitary tumor brain tumor meningiomas or acoustic neuromas. It can be alarming to find a new bump anywhere on your body. I have a lump about the size of a golf ball at the base of my skull where my spine meets my head. The bony lump felt at the base of the skull in back.
Common objects used to guess the size. Knot in right of back of head neck. It s been there for about 5 6 months. A small hard lump felt at the lower end of the sternum breastbone.
Pea or pencil eraser. Knots in my neck the size of golf balls tags. It has since started being very tender having dull pains and sharp shooting pains from the area to the top of my head. It is worth mentioning that some tumors will spread to your skull base while others just originate in this area.
I would say they are in the area of the occipital. The bony lump felt behind each lower ear. The left side is a little larger than a quarter the right about the size of quarter. I am interested in finding out if these hard painful knots on the back of my skull are worth getting checked out further.
It never goes away but generally doesn t bother me. I asked a doctor about it 3 years ago he said it was a muscle knot and not to worry about it. Most skull base tumors grow inside of the skull but some form on the outside. I have a lump about the size of a golf ball at the base of my skull where my spine meets my head.
Back pain neck pain shoulder pain published on. Signs and symptoms of skull base tumors depend on the type location and size of the tumor.