Granulomas

[Col 23]

Hi
Does anybody else experience lumps on any part of the body. I mean the ones under the skin not rashes. Does anybody know whats happening when they flare again. I noticed when I commenced medication they resolved. But have recently come back. whats the diffence between nodules in lungs and and lumps under the skin like in the breast, back or legs. I sort of get that the nodules in the lungs are serious but just trying to understand are the lumps nodules too?
cheers Col 23

[pberggren1]

Hi Col:

I do have some lumps under my skin only on my arms that I have noticed so far. I have had them for a few years. I was diagnosed in 2003 and noticed them maybe a year or two after that.

[pberggren1]

Sorry Col:

I don't think the lumps are nodules as well. I believe they are totally different but have never really got a straight or definite answer from any of my docs on that. Maybe when I get to Mayo they will have an answer.

I think my lumps have always stayed the same even when I am flaring.

[Col 23]

I have new lumps under skin on my back
Col 23

[pberggren1]

I think the granulomas are different from the lumps and nodules in the lungs. I could be wrong though.

[Jack]

I think that the true definition of a granuloma is a microscopic group of white blood cells in a roughly spherical form, but the term has been adopted and has started to be used for any group of cells including nodules.

[pberggren1]

Thanks Doc.

[Sangye]

I have lumps on my shins that never really go away, but do seem to get bigger and more painful when the Wegs is flaring or micro-flaring. My doc knows about them but has never said anything. I think the ones on my legs are erythema nodosum. Make sure to point out lumps to your docs-- could be Wegs, could be other stuff. This disease is a bucket of fun, isn't it?

[pberggren1]

It's a bucket of something, that's for sure. I'd like to say bucket of ****.

[Sangye]

Phil, that's the funniest thing I heard all day. Really got me laughing. Thanks!