# Hard non-visible lump under earlobe, behind jaw
**URL:** https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/hard-non-visible-lump-under-earlobe-behind-jaw/4284
**Category:** General
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/hard-non-visible-lump-under-earlobe-behind-jaw/4284 "2018-11-14T21:30:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Jules](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Jules)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/hard-non-visible-lump-under-earlobe-behind-jaw/4284/21 "2018-11-19T06:44:20Z")
I’ve had them in the past, always presumed that they were lymph nodes as I used to get alot of earaches…don’t have them at the moment, not sure if they’ve gone since surgery, or if it’s a coincidence, but I don’t have as many earaches.
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### Author:  [@pamdva](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/pamdva)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/hard-non-visible-lump-under-earlobe-behind-jaw/4284/22 "2018-11-20T23:12:43Z")
I had that exact same thing- in the exact same spot. I noticed it about twenty years ago or more and the docs never seemed concerned (even thought I always was). I now just attribute it to the ES. And after reading some of the replies here and your post, I guess that was probably it.
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### Author:  [@Nemesis](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Nemesis)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2019, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/hard-non-visible-lump-under-earlobe-behind-jaw/4284/23 "2019-01-24T23:07:28Z")
The parotid gland is in that area. It is supplied by the nervus glossopharyngeus, which is often impinged by the styloid. So no wonder if it is swollen/hard/inflamed? (Mine is.)
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### Author:  [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/hard-non-visible-lump-under-earlobe-behind-jaw/4284/24 "2019-01-24T23:10:05Z")
The parotid glands are often inflamed by ES & are sometimes irritated during ES surgery & other surgeries in that area of the neck. First Bite Syndrome is the common result post op.
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### Author:  [@SRR](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/SRR)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/hard-non-visible-lump-under-earlobe-behind-jaw/4284/25 "2022-06-08T15:25:21Z")
My head and neck surgeon told me that only 10% of the population have a bony patch there. I don’t think it was an issue. I have it on both sides. My younger half sister has it too, but she doesn’t have ES.
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### Author:  [@pitabread](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/pitabread)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/hard-non-visible-lump-under-earlobe-behind-jaw/4284/27 "2025-05-03T12:00:03Z")
Hi iJeax, any updates on your journey? Thank you
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### Author:  [@Isaiah\_40\_31](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/u/Isaiah_40_31)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2025, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.livingwitheagle.org/t/hard-non-visible-lump-under-earlobe-behind-jaw/4284/28 "2025-05-04T03:04:54Z")
@pitabread - this discussion is 3 years old so you may not get a reply. Some of our members leave the forum & get on with their lives after they recover from surgery. Hopefully you’ll get a reply though.
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