I have had a bump on the right side of my neck for the last year. My chiropractor seems to think it is my C1 but even though i have been adjusted it does not move. It is not painful but i am short of breath due to anxiety about it. I first noticed it a year ago but it has not gotten any bigger. It feels as tho it is attached to part of my spine. What could this be?
You might need to investigate further, it might be an enlarged lymph node or lipoma, or it might even be carcinoma. You will need to check on other sign and symptoms of infection or of malignancy elsewhere in the body. As far as investigations are concerned you can start of with an ultrasound of neck, if inconclusive a CT-scan followed by fine needle aspiration cytology and excision biopsy for conformation.