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Swelling and pulsation in occipital area
My baby boy 2 years and 6 month old. He is premature child born in 33 weeks. He is very serious in hospital when he born. Now he is doing good 11 kg weight eat well play well around 3 ft height. Last month he has fever, cold he took 1 month to recover. Now few days ago I saw little swelling in occipital area and also fast pulsing painless. Its a Soft area. I am worried. I went to child specialist he told me visit pediatric surgeon. Ped. Told me about operation and he told me ho to big hospital. What I do . please help me. I am worried
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Dr. J Prabhakar Rao
Pediatrician
32 yrs exp
Ghaziabad
The swelling you described probably is a haemangioma, if non tender,no relation to earlier problem.
Still,need a surgical opinion.
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