What causes painful lump above eyebrow?
Patient: I woke to find a lump has appeared just above my right eyebrow not that big but abit red and hurts when touched  yesterday I had really bad back ache and some chest pain 2 weeks ago I had an operation to have my gallbladder removed was wondering if it could be a blood clot Doctor: Hi,Dear thanks for the query to HCM virtual clinic.I studied your query in full details updated from you.I understood your health concerns.Based on your query data, In my opinion ,Dear You seem to suffer from periorbital painful infected clot developing in to abscess/ or it could be a boil in hairfollicle with weak defences due to postoperative stress.Treatment-Would be by Surgeon who would fix the cause from above possibilities and would get USG / CT to understand the nature of the painful lump above eyebrow right side.Moslty aBoil seems to be cause in your case.Treatment would be  by medicines and if not by surgical drainage.Possibility of this lump being clot during the post-operative period could not be ruled out and needs to be treated with blood thinners like warfarrin following initial use of heparin at the surgery.Antibiotic cover would be needed for removal of infected clot or it could be just a Clot in peri-orbital eyebrow tissue,with pain due to sudden vascular obstruction.Hope this reply would help you to evaluate your case and treat it with your doctors in time to come.Hope this would resolve your query and worry and Anxiety accompanied with it.Welcome for any further query in this regard to ME.I would love to help you out.Awaiting for any further query.Wish you fast recovery from this intriguing health problem.Have a Good Day.Dr.Savaskar M.N.M.S.Genl-CVTS -Senior Surgical Consultant