Hi, 

im in a simimilar situation but my symptoms were quick to develop. I started off with one lump on my lower left leg a couple of months ago, I now have 5 lumps they feel hard and immobile to touch, although the doctor is convinced they are lipomas i have my doubts, the lumps have been continually growing and they have just recently started to feel painful to touch, I have severe fatigue some days I can’t keep myself awake, I feel nauseous all the time, my gp keeps sending me for ultra sounds but my legs are full of fluid, so am having another scan hopefully soon. Would appreciate any advice. As I’m a huge worrier too mostly down to the fact that all my grandparents have suffered from cancer, 3 out of 4 died. 

Thank you. 

This sounds very similar to my current symptoms first lump was found late last year and I now have five hard non mobile lumps causing pain that run down my shin bone. Have you had any results yet? I hope you don’t mind me asking 

Hi there

I was wondering if you have had any results back regarding your leg? My symptoms seem very similar but I can't find anyone who had a diagnosis

Cheers

Hey, I hope you all got your lumps sorted! I have discovered one on my shin as well, hard, immobile and a tiny bit tender to touch. I thought it's an ingrown hair but it's too hard and not painful enough to be that, so I'm a bit worried. In the current situation, I don't even hope to get any investigation done... Has any of you get any results back? 

I hope you all stay safe! 

did u hear back have have found a lump that slightly tender on my shin and im worried sick unable to sleep  cant see a reply to anybodys questions on here

I honestly don't understand how this site works. I've tried to post a response twice and didn't work. In case this one does, my lump sorted itself , it became bruised after a few days and dissapeared in about a week. Good luck everyone!

Hi, I am in the same situation as a lot of people here, finding one lump on my shin that started to get bigger, more painful, and multiplying by the week. I eventually went to the doctor after doing some research on them and my gp agreed it's something called "Erythema Nodosum". As far as I can recall she said it's basically the result of another infection in the body, in my case it was a chest infection. I think in total I had 7/8 lumps, but there's been cases of up to 50. They usually last up to 6 weeks but I've just hit the 6 almost 7 month mark and that's me down to just one rather painful one on my upper ankle. I had 4 different blood tests done rather than scans and that showed one of my levels which show infection was sky high. It was the most uncommonly done test as well that came back unusual. Anyway I hope this helps someone out there find some answers!

Hi everyone, I hope you are all ok?

I am looking for some advice?

For the past few weeks I have had a pain which I thought was a sprained ankle. Turns out just above my ankle, at the side of the bottom of my leg, I have pinpoint pain, and what feels like a 'bump' in my bone. It is very painful to touch, and slightly uncomfortable with walking.

I am going to call the doctor's tomorrow, but I don't know if I warrant it , or warrant an x-ray? Any advice would be great

Thank you!

Hi

I'm new to the forum, just been googling (as you do) and found this group.

I would get it checked out.  I have a new lump which is bang in the middle of my shin and its very painful to touch.  

I've put a call into the Dr's, expecting a phone call or video appointment given the current situation.

I am petrified, Dr Google has of course already diagnosed me.

Hope you get sorted x

Hi ♡

Could I just ask, have you gotten to the bottom of this?

My symptoms are exactly the same more or less, not a lump on my shin instead on my inner ankle bone, it's small and painful.

Hope to hear from you soon..

Rachel

Just made an account to reply to this and see what happenend and if you ever got a diagnosis?

I started with some lumps in the front of my lower legs when pregnant but they went after the first trimester. As soon as baby was born they came back and I now have 20+ lumps in total, there are also bruises at every lump site and wondered if yours were the same?

I had a dermatology appointment yesterday and he suggested it was just over scarring? Which seems an odd thing to suggest when I have no lumps anywhere else in my body. I was worried it might have been Sarcoidosis as my tattoos and scars have all been reacting weird and scabbing over, I had uveitis as well last year and have a load of other little symptoms and I'm waiting for a biopsy appointment.

Hoping you've managed to get it sorted and would appreicate any suggestions etc with things to try/suggest to the GP moving forward :)

Just made an account to reply to this and see what happenend and if you ever got a diagnosis?

I started with some lumps in the front of my lower legs when pregnant but they went after the first trimester. As soon as baby was born they came back and I now have 20+ lumps in total, there are also bruises at every lump site and wondered if yours were the same?

I had a dermatology appointment yesterday and he suggested it was just over scarring? Which seems an odd thing to suggest when I have no lumps anywhere else in my body. I was worried it might have been Sarcoidosis as my tattoos and scars have all been reacting weird and scabbing over, I had uveitis as well last year and have a load of other little symptoms and I'm waiting for a biopsy appointment.

Hoping you've managed to get it sorted and would appreicate any suggestions etc with things to try/suggest to the GP moving forward :)

Hi LMYD - the symptoms you are describing can be an indication of an infection or generalised inflammation.  Scars and tattoos can scab and itch even years after healing, because when you get a tattoo or damage resulting in a scar, the skin heals with with more histamine-releasing cells called mast cells in there. Something can trigger an allergic response and the cells start reacting. 

The uveitis is also an inflammatory disease, so this would also link with the scars and tattoos.

As you have a diverse collection of symptoms all of which are inflammatory, including the lumps which could be granulomas, it seems a bit odd that the dermatologist would just write it off as 'over scarring' whatever that's supposed to mean.  

You could ask your doctor for anti-histamines or corticosteroids and see if that has an effect - if it does then it seems likely that the lumps are granulomas (as in sarcoidosis).  These are all issues with the immune system, and as such shouldn't just be ignored by the specialist. 

You could be right about it being sarcoidosis, just on the grounds of the diversity of the symptoms, but don't forget that this can actually clear up spontaneously even without treatment, but otherwise can be treated with steroids or other anti-inflammatories. It does need checking out, but it isn't something to panic about.

On the other hand, you could just have had a series of unrelated allergic/inflammatory episodes - it does happen, and sometimes you never get to the bottom of why they have been triggered.  I regularly had high levels of markers for inflammation in my blood tests, and we never pinned down what had triggered it.  I'm still here, years later. :happy:

Good luck, hope it's all going well for you. xx