What is  black, pea sized bulge on tongue which burst causing bleeding?
Patient: Hi! My mom is 53 years old and a few days ago she was eating dinner and suddenly had a prickling feeling on her tongue. When we checked she had a bulge that was black in colour and about the size of a pea. After 15 minutes or so it had tripled in size and then it burst causing a lot of bleeding. Could it be a burst blood vessel? Doctor: Hi,Dear,Dont get hopeless and desperate.Thanks for the query to HCM.I went through your query in-depth and Understood your health concerns.In my opinion the cause-- of your mothers bleed from black pea sized bulge is as follows-a-Sudden noticing of the tumour mostly -leads me to label the bleeding cause -is because of the--BITE-TRAUMA -which lead to bite HEMATOMA -of black colour.-As I am short of more clinical  data,I would alert YOU for the CAUTION-of such a complaint-as  I would advise Surgeons opinion-on toungue who would fix the diagnosis by clinical and FNAC Biopsy for any-Suspicious growth or the un-noticed-TOUNGUE Ulcer, which would cause such a event of bleeding at Dinner time as your mother had.-It could be a benign tumour-AV malformation HAMARTOMA-Hemangioma unnoticed and now found after bleed.Advisea-Consult ER-Surgeon  who would according to the causal factor diagnosed after proper investigations as suggested above.Hope this would help you  to work a plan with your doctor.Wishing you early and fast recovery.Wellcome to my HCM Clinic for further queries in this matter.Wishing you Good Health ASAP.Have a Good Day .Regards,Dr.Savaskar ,M.S.Genl-Thorasic CVTSSuper specialist in Asthma/Cancer and non-curable diseases.