Lump Above Collarbone

About a year and half ago I found a small pallable lump above my collarbone, it didn't hurt and I suffer with duct ectasia so thought it was related, however I started to feel a pressing sensation in my throat so went to my GP.  He examined me and thinks it is thyroid related because the lump moves up and down when I swallow.  My mum had a large goitre and had an overactive thyroid.  Other symptoms (which I didn't mention) are I wake up sometimes sweating (chest, head and back) - is the hot flashes?  I also feel extremely tired and fatigued (often go to bed 8 o'clock), I am now having swollen glands on my side and back of neck which causes pain by my ears and up back of neck sometimes.  I also find I itch on my legs and top of back a lot (had one episode of intense itching last week and took antihistomene tablet to help it).  My voice keeps going hoarse and has definately gone deeper in sound.  I suffer with swollen glands under my arms, which have done for a number of years - think related to fibroids in my breasts and also duct ectasia.  I had helicobacter pylori about 11-12 years ago (no check up since treated) and suffer with stomach pains just under my rib cage - to the left, and also inbetween my ribs cage at the bottom of ribs.  My throat is constantly dry and I am starting to get stiff feeling in my jaw and small white/red spots keep appearing/disappearing.  I went to see the thyroid specialist this week and he has done thyroid blood test, sending me for a scan and has referred me to ENT (apparently the waiting list is really long!), and has told me not to come back to his clinic until I have seen the ENT specialist, however, if anything shows up on bloods or scan he will contact me.  I did query me having helicobacter pylori in the stomach and whether this could have anything to do with my symptoms and he said he doubted that.  I also wonder whether I am premenopausal because my symptoms do relate to that also and I have always suffered with hormone problems.  Will keep posted on any tests.

Sorry, forgot to mention, I have had a dry cough for about 4 months and also seem to have slight 'phelgm' back of throat all the time.

Thanks Bev

I hope all of your tests go well!   ENT's are hard to get in to see, I know.

 I too was referred to an ENT for a painless lump, but mine is next to my nose on my face.  I have some symptoms that are very similar to yours.  I have had what I thought were "hot flashes" for the past few months, but I'm 30 years old so that was wierd.  I also wake up chilled at night and sweat like crazy when I sleep during the day, but no fevers.  I'm tired all the time.  I have a constant ache in my neck and upper back.  My upper back is very itchy and sometimes my arms too.  My ears hurt frequently.  I also have a nagging pain in my right hip/ groin/ rear area and I'm gaining what appears to be a pretty significant amount of water weight in my belly.  I could brush off all the other symptoms until I developed a hard bump on the side of my nose where my cheek meets my face that wouldn't go away.  It is pretty far down in there, not really at the surface.  You can't really see it, but I can feel it.  It feels like a marble or a sourball.  I tried to pretend like it wasn't there for a few months, but then went to my general doc. He sent me to the ENT who did a CT scan.  He still has no idea what it is.  There is a squishy area around it now.  It vaguely itches too.  I'm having a biopsy on Friday.  I'm pretty scared.  They are going to put me to sleep and chop up my face to get at this thing!  I just hope I don't come out of this looking like Edward Scissorhands got ahold of me.  My ENT says its either a benign tumor or a malignant tumor.  I think I'll pick benign, but he specifcally mentioned lymphoma as a possibility which is why I'm lurking around on this site and wringing my hands.  My dad had lymphoma too.

 Hopefully our symptoms add up to something else entirely!  Just wanted to let you know you're not the only one out there waiting and wondering.

 Stacey   

I had many of your symptoms including itching but never thought of cancer till I had a lump in my collar bone area. I found it by accident while using the computer.  I had a doctor appointment for something else and asked her about the lump.  she said if it was her she would get it looked at right away.  I did and my ENT(ear-nose-throat) doctor looked at my throat and scheduled me for a biopsy (a CT scan indicated a problem at the base of my tongue),  This proved to be cancer.  Apparently I had caught mine early because two chemo treatments of retuxin and the ENT could not see any sign of the cancer.  I wish you the very best of outcomes.

Hi, if you are still using this website please reply.....I have your exact same symptoms......did you ever find out what was causing them?  Thanks, Linda