Anatomy question

[Chris Zakes]

Hi there,

While massaging the lower back, I've noticed a couple of clients with
a smallish (a bit smaller than a grape) lump located just above their
pelvic bone and an inch or two to the right of the spine. It's fairly
firm and rolls around when I'm working in that area.

Any idea what this is?

-Chris Zakes
Texas

"Very well, then I exaggerate! There are things in this world a man does well
to carry to extremes."

-Cyrano in "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand

[suzee]

Post by Chris Zakes
Hi there,
While massaging the lower back, I've noticed a couple of clients with
a smallish (a bit smaller than a grape) lump located just above their
pelvic bone and an inch or two to the right of the spine. It's fairly
firm and rolls around when I'm working in that area.
Any idea what this is?

Is is soft? Could be something like a fatty tumor. They're not serious,
but could be painful if too much pressure is put on them.

sue

[Chris Zakes]

On Wed, 31 May 2006 22:10:57 -0400, an orbital mind-control laser

Post by suzee

Post by Chris Zakes
Hi there,
While massaging the lower back, I've noticed a couple of clients with
a smallish (a bit smaller than a grape) lump located just above their
pelvic bone and an inch or two to the right of the spine. It's fairly
firm and rolls around when I'm working in that area.
Any idea what this is?

Is is soft? Could be something like a fatty tumor. They're not serious,
but could be painful if too much pressure is put on them.
sue

It's not *real* soft, but I've been hesitant to do too much
investigation in the middle of a massage with a comparative stranger.
Mosrite suggested it might be a lipoma, but It's not like other
lipomas I've encountered--it's oval rather than round, feels a bit
fibrous and it's located below the skin, not raised above it.

Also, when I find them, they're always in the same place: top edge of
the pelvic bone and an inch or two to the right of the spine.

-Chris Zakes
Texas

"Very well, then I exaggerate! There are things in this world a man does well
to carry to extremes."

-Cyrano in "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand

[Tim French]

Long shot, but it might me an encapsulated pustule. I've seem them with old
wounds where a wee bit of shrapnell or a long forgotten stitch(sometimes
disolving stitches dont) floats to the surface. By themseves they're not
serious, like a big pimple .But if theres a series of them appearing in
roughly the same area. There might be an underlying infection in an old scar
that needs cleaning out.

Post by Chris Zakes
On Wed, 31 May 2006 22:10:57 -0400, an orbital mind-control laser

Post by suzee

Post by Chris Zakes
Hi there,
While massaging the lower back, I've noticed a couple of clients with
a smallish (a bit smaller than a grape) lump located just above their
pelvic bone and an inch or two to the right of the spine. It's fairly
firm and rolls around when I'm working in that area.
Any idea what this is?

Is is soft? Could be something like a fatty tumor. They're not serious,
but could be painful if too much pressure is put on them.
sue

It's not *real* soft, but I've been hesitant to do too much
investigation in the middle of a massage with a comparative stranger.
Mosrite suggested it might be a lipoma, but It's not like other
lipomas I've encountered--it's oval rather than round, feels a bit
fibrous and it's located below the skin, not raised above it.
Also, when I find them, they're always in the same place: top edge of
the pelvic bone and an inch or two to the right of the spine.
-Chris Zakes
Texas
"Very well, then I exaggerate! There are things in this world a man does well
to carry to extremes."
-Cyrano in "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand

[suzee]

Post by Chris Zakes
On Wed, 31 May 2006 22:10:57 -0400, an orbital mind-control laser

Post by suzee

Post by Chris Zakes
Hi there,
While massaging the lower back, I've noticed a couple of clients with
a smallish (a bit smaller than a grape) lump located just above their
pelvic bone and an inch or two to the right of the spine. It's fairly
firm and rolls around when I'm working in that area.
Any idea what this is?

Is is soft? Could be something like a fatty tumor. They're not serious,
but could be painful if too much pressure is put on them.
sue

It's not *real* soft, but I've been hesitant to do too much
investigation in the middle of a massage with a comparative stranger.
Mosrite suggested it might be a lipoma, but It's not like other
lipomas I've encountered--it's oval rather than round, feels a bit
fibrous and it's located below the skin, not raised above it.
Also, when I find them, they're always in the same place: top edge of
the pelvic bone and an inch or two to the right of the spine.

I have some spots in my arms that are like that, don't know if they're
lipomas or not. They're not raised bumps, you have to feel them below
the surface. I've been told they're fatty tumors.

sue

[mosrite]

Could be a lipoma.
See : http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/jkl/lipoma.htm

Post by Chris Zakes
Hi there,
While massaging the lower back, I've noticed a couple of clients with
a smallish (a bit smaller than a grape) lump located just above their
pelvic bone and an inch or two to the right of the spine. It's fairly
firm and rolls around when I'm working in that area.
Any idea what this is?
-Chris Zakes
Texas
"Very well, then I exaggerate! There are things in this world a man does well
to carry to extremes."
-Cyrano in "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand

[mosrite]

Only other thing I can think of is that it might be a myocytis ossifican (
excuse my spelling). This is when trauma causes bone cells to migrate to
soft tissue and some new bone can actually grow there. They feel somewhat
hard but are free floating.

Post by mosrite
Could be a lipoma.
See : http://www.hmc.psu.edu/healthinfo/jkl/lipoma.htm

Post by Chris Zakes
Hi there,
While massaging the lower back, I've noticed a couple of clients with
a smallish (a bit smaller than a grape) lump located just above their
pelvic bone and an inch or two to the right of the spine. It's fairly
firm and rolls around when I'm working in that area.
Any idea what this is?
-Chris Zakes
Texas
"Very well, then I exaggerate! There are things in this world a man does well
to carry to extremes."
-Cyrano in "Cyrano de Bergerac" by Edmond Rostand

[mosrite]

see link:

http://www.physicaltherapywebsites.com/library/ch13/myositis_ossificans.asp

Post by mosrite
Only other thing I can think of is that it might be a myocytis ossifican
( excuse my spelling). This is when trauma causes bone cells to migrate to
soft tissue and some new bone can actually grow there. They feel somewhat
hard but are free floating.