instruction: help doctor I am a male I have discovered a lump in my right chest area just below my nipple it appears to be roughly 5 am in diameter movable against all surrounding tissue and it feels smooth even shaped and firm but not hard rather elastic no pain no visible changes from outside I am 49 years old and have the following established preexisting conditions like hashimoto slight hypertension migraines since childhood and some allergies I do have recurrent episodes of polyuria for many years that were diagnosed as stress related some years ago after all differentials had been excluded a blood panel ordered by my go now returns a slightly elevated free beta hug level 24 miu my with a reference value of 0 for males all other results including abc are normal spa and afp as well as hug are negative sexual hormones panel is normal I cannot detect any abnormalities with my testicles I understand that any detected beta hug in males indicates a malignancy how worried should I be
output: hi first of all I must say you have written your history very well what I searched and concluded is about your hug human chorionic gonadotropin level your hug is raised while total hug is normal get it repeated from some other lab if still raised then proceed to step and 2 get ultrasound scrotum to see for any hyoechoic areas or area of calcification get fac fine needle aspiration cytology or excision biopsy of 5 am lesion below your nipple I understand that any detected beta hug in males indicates a malignancy how worried should I be to answer this question I was just wondering why you got hug done in first place as you were asymptomatic neither of the drugs you are taking does not interfere with this test hug you cannot just ignore and sit on it if hug is deranged you have to find a cause be it faulty lab investigation itself