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Old 06-20-2004, 03:30 PM   #1
phreddy1962
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Need Help - Bumps on Leg Growing!

I now have 3 bumps on my skin midway up my calf. The first arrived about 3 years ago and remained small (about 3 mm in diameter) until about 9 months ago when 2 of its friends (satellites?) appeared nearby. Each of those is about 1/2 the size of the first, which has now grown to about 4 mm.

These are opaque, pinkish-white - not too different from the skin color, cauliflower-shaped to some degree, and painless.

My mother, who is an RN, thought the first one was a wart when she saw it 3 years ago.

But do warts spread like this? And aren't they usually on the hands and feet?
I have seen photos of basal cell carcinoma tumors and they kind of look like that, though they also look like wart photos I have seen.

I plan to see a doctor about this next month. I just started a new job and am waiting until the insurance is covering me.
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Old 06-22-2004, 09:57 PM   #2
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Re: Need Help - Bumps on Leg Growing!

I have measured the bumps and the large one is about 5 cm and the smaller ones 2 and 3 cm.

Has anyone had bumps like this before? Could they be just warts?

Thanks!
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Old 06-22-2004, 10:38 PM   #3
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Re: Need Help - Bumps on Leg Growing!

I think you may have seborrhic keratoses. They are harmless rough
lesions that look like warts. You get them as you age. I have quite a
few and have had quite a few frozen off.
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Old 06-25-2004, 12:58 AM   #4
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Re: Need Help - Bumps on Leg Growing!

Thank you for that information! I hope that's what they are. Is having them frozen off very painful?

Thanks, Bev
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Old 06-25-2004, 09:30 PM   #5
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Re: Need Help - Bumps on Leg Growing!

No, it is about like a bee sting!!! Good luck.....I spelled them wrong the spelling is
seborrheic keratosis.....
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