What causes intermittent pain and large mass between the ribs?
Patient: I have been having intermittent sharp stabbing pain under left ribs and just noticed left rib protrudes quite a bit more than right ribs. Also, have noticed, what I believe is a hernia/large lump/mass between my ribs, upper abdomen. What could this be Doctor: hi,thank you for providing the brief history of you.a thorough neuromuscular assessment and respiratory assessment is advised.As the chances of hernia in that area of upper left quadrant is less you need to get a hands-on assessment post which a diagnostic ultrasound scanning will help further to assess if any thing in the abdominal region is there will be detected.I advice you to get the abdominal scanning done and see what the other inputs can be providedRegardsJay Indravadan Patel