What happens if a woman has a lump in her groin?

A healthy body can make people live happier in life. Therefore, people are very concerned about any disease and are eager to stay away from various diseases. However, diseases are often difficult to prevent. For example, women are prone to various disease symptoms due to their poor physical fitness. Among them, the part of the female body close to the reproductive part is most susceptible to disease. Let’s take a look at what happens when a woman has a lump in her groin?

Inguinal lymph node enlargement is very common in clinical practice, and often indicates that there are lesions in the tissues and organs around the lymph nodes, namely lesions of the reproductive system and abdominal organs around the groin, and also systemic diseases.

1. Chronic lymphadenitis

Most of them have obvious infection foci, and often localized lymph node enlargement, pain and tenderness. The diameter usually does not exceed 2 to 3 cm, and will shrink after anti-inflammatory treatment. Inguinal lymphadenopathy, especially long-standing, unchanged, flat lymphadenopathy, is usually of no significance.

2. Tuberculous lymphadenitis

In addition to swollen inguinal lymph nodes, tuberculous lymphadenitis also has symptoms such as fever, sweating, fatigue, and increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, which is more common in young and middle-aged people. It is often accompanied by pulmonary tuberculosis. The texture of the lymph nodes is uneven, with some parts being lighter (caseous change) and some being harder (fibrosis or calcification). They are adhered to each other and the skin, so they have poor mobility. These patients have positive tuberculin tests and blood tuberculosis antibodies.

3. Malignant lymphoma

Malignant lymphoma can occur in any age group. The inguinal lymph nodes are often painless and progressively enlarged. They can range in size from soybeans to dates and are of medium hardness. Generally, there is no adhesion to the skin, and they do not fuse with each other in the early and middle stages, so they are movable. In the later stages, the lymph nodes may grow very large or fuse into large masses with a diameter of more than 20 cm, invading the skin and taking a long time to heal after rupturing. In addition, malignant lymphoma can invade the mediastinum, liver, spleen and other organs, including the lungs, digestive tract, bones, skin, breast, nervous system, etc. Diagnosis requires biopsy.