Whether a lump on the left rib is serious or not needs to be clarified first to determine the nature of the lump, if it is caused by a benign tumor, then it is not serious, if the lump is a malignant tumor, then it is relatively more serious.
1. benign tumors: left rib long lump painless itchy may be chondroma, bone cysts, lipoma and other benign tumors caused by, usually not accompanied by pain or other abnormal symptoms. This situation is not very serious, you can regularly review, if necessary, can be surgically removed.
2. Malignant tumors: the lump on the left rib may also be caused by osteosarcoma, most of the patients will be accompanied by local pain symptoms, not excluding a small part of the patients do not have obvious pain. So even if the left rib of the mass is not painful and itchy can not directly exclude the possibility of malignant tumors, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to confirm the diagnosis of pathology.
If the lump is caused by malignant tumor, it is relatively serious, in addition to surgical treatment also need to be combined with radiation therapy or chemotherapy, and will affect the normal life of the patient.
There are many possible causes of painless lumps in the left rib cage, and it is not possible to directly determine whether it is serious or not, so it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital in a timely manner to avoid delaying the treatment and aggravating the condition.