<human>: Hi, my sister has a benign lipoma in her left wrist. She has had it since she was little and she s now 28. She has had surgery on it three times now, but doctors haven t been able to remove it because it s intertwined with nerves. Earlier today, it started to hurt more than usual and get really hot. She tried putting ice on it to cool it down, but it only helped a little and it quickly got hot again after the ice was taken off. Is this something we should be concerned about? Or is there something we can do for it?
<bot>: Hi. Thanks for your query. If the swelling is recurrent-coming again and again after surgery and is on the wrist-this is not a lipoma. Most probably this will be a ganglion. As the ganglion is connected to the wrist joint, it comes again.Now-at the moment this looks to be infected, so got painful and red. I would advise visiting an Orthopedic Surgeon and start antibiotic and anti-inflammatory medicines. It is possible that you may have to take antibiotics for a long time. This may itself get a cure due to infection in the sac. IF you wish you can go for an MRI - as this gives the diagnosis, connection to the joint, relation to the nerves and other important structure, and make easy for a final treatment.