Yesterday my 61 yr old sister had itching on her scalp on the left side and later in the day a small bump appeared and in this morning she woke up with a terrible headache and there was a large lump on the side of her head. She went to the emergency room at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt lake City, Utah and was told she was having a migraine headache and was given Keflex and sent home with a prescription for more Keflex. The lump has gone down some and her headache is better. So what is the lump from I never heard of a migraine with a lump on the head. They told her it was on the outside of the skull.
Hi, Thanks for writing in. From the description of the lump on the head, it appears that it might be a scalp swelling, There are many kinds of swelling involving the head and scalp. Some of these remain inactive for a long time and then get infected and become enlarged in size with development of pain. These are commonly cysts like sebaceous cysts and can have a central opening when looked at closely. If doctors at ER have examined your sister then it is certainly not a tumor that is growing from within. As lump has gone down after taking reflex therefore there is an infection that is now under control. Migraine cannot be the result of a lump and cannot cause one. Migraine is a different medical entity and not related to the lump.