lumps

Question 1

causes of groin lumps

superficial structures
NAVY
canals
testes

Answer 1

Superficial structures: lipomas arising from fat, sebaceous cysts arising from the skin, psoas abscess arising from the muscle.

NAVY structures (nerve-artery-vein-Y front to recall the order of structures as they emerge from the inguinal ligament, lateral to medial): neuroma arising from the nerve, femoral artery aneurysm arising from the femoral artery, saphena varix arising from the vein, lymphadenopathy arising from the lymph nodes.

The canals: femoral hernias arising from the femoral canal, inguinal hernias arising from the inguinal canal.

The testes: undescended testes.