Hello Hi I am a 20 year old male and I am 5 6 I weigh 150lbs and I am not on any medications ... I have a ball or a lump on the side of my rib cage and it hurts somtimes I get like pains and that ball that I have on my rib cage spreaded to my stomach next to my belly button and it also hurts when I push down on it .. What can this be ? Can it be some thing serious ?
Hi, Dear,thanks for query to Chat Doctor, from you for your lump on your rib cage which hurts when pressed and also has spread to your stomach up to belly button.1-I studied your query in depth.2-In my opinion, this l rib cage lump is most probably -a Cold Abscess with cellulitis around it-with Spine TB.3-Dear this is a serious thing to happen to you, and you should take the treatment seriously and urgently STAT.4-I would advise X-ray spine, CBC, ESR, and Chester / and MRI spine to confirm if any evidence of active or old TB of lung or of the TB-spine is there.4-a-You need to take it up seriously and take second opinion of ER-specialist of or tho, Surgeon doctor and take the needful treatment according to the advice of your doctor.5-Hope you got the answer you needed.6-Wellcome for more query to Chat Doctor.