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Old 12-08-2011, 06:52 PM
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Does the lump hurt? Is it tender? Does it affect your leg in any way?

Myeloma typically makes lytic lesions in bone.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mul...yeloma/DS00415

Before myeloma becomes visible, symptomatic, it shows elevated proteins of a specific sort in the blood. MGUS is the typical term for it.

Now, a tumor in muscle is sometimes a sarcoma. That is different.

Benign lumps along tendon areas, can be lipomas. These are benign fatty tumors.

So do see the appropriate doctor. But if you don't have the specific blood markers, in testing, it won't be myeloma.
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