Examination of A Lump
Present your self to the patient
Take permission
Wash your hand
Proper exposure keeping patient dignity
Inspection
Site
Size
Shape
Surface
Symmetry
skin pigmentation
Surgical scars
Dilated veins
Visible pulsation
Palpation
ask first about site of tenderness
Tenderness
Temperature
Constancy (Soft-firm-Hard)
Surface
Edges(well defined -ill defined)
Fixity to skin and underling structure
:if the lumb is soft or cystic look for
Cross Fluctuation
Translumination
Reducability
Compressability
Is it Pulsatile or Expansile
Examine the draining lymph node
