My middle finger has a lump on it.

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Peter Jason - 07 Jul 2005 06:56 GMT

Not a wart, but rather a gristle-like mass close to the bone. Curiously it
has caused my nail to grow with pits and lines. Should I be worried about
this?

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Howard McCollister - 07 Jul 2005 11:48 GMT

> Not a wart, but rather a gristle-like mass close to the bone. Curiously
> it has caused my nail to grow with pits and lines. Should I be worried
> about this?

It sounds like a ganglion cyst, but see a hand surgeon about it. Hand
surgeons are found among the ranks of orthopedists and plastic surgeons.

HMc'

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Twittering One - 07 Jul 2005 12:05 GMT

My middle finger has a bump on it.

"From ghoulies and ghosties
And long ~ leggedy beasties
And things that go bump in the night,
Good Lord, deliver us!"
~ ?

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Peter Jason - 08 Jul 2005 01:32 GMT

Thanks, Ill check it out.

>> Not a wart, but rather a gristle-like mass close to the bone. Curiously
>> it has caused my nail to grow with pits and lines. Should I be worried
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> HMc'

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PF Riley - 09 Jul 2005 07:06 GMT

>> Not a wart, but rather a gristle-like mass close to the bone. Curiously
>> it has caused my nail to grow with pits and lines. Should I be worried
>> about this?
>
>It sounds like a ganglion cyst, but see a hand surgeon about it. Hand
>surgeons are found among the ranks of orthopedists and plastic surgeons.

I don't imagine a ganglion cyst would interrupt the nail matrix as he
describes. It probably is still a wart but it may be a rare
malignancy.

PF

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