Hi
About a month ago I was feeling my neck muscles, on the left side, and found what is either a really tight knot or an out of place bone mass. I really have no idea. The location is behind my ear, about a finger width beyond where my jawbone connects to my skull. The mass appears to be attached to my skull and is about an inch in length - when feeling it I can work my finger down it and then it just drops abruptly and becomes fleshy. It is really hard and doesn't have any give. It feels like a nodule attached to the bottom of my mastoid bone (the curving portion).
This doesn't cause any direct pain. There is nothing similar on the right side of my neck. At first I thought it was my SCM muscle but I think I can separate that from this mass.
I have been having neck tension for months now (since a bppv episode in Dec) as well as random tingles, ear pressure on my left side, dizziness etc that get worse as the day progresses. Sometimes it feels like my neck wants to tilt strongly towards my left. I suspect this might be related.
There is no swelling behind my ear and you can't notice it unless you feel around deeply.
Any thoughts? Just a severely knotted muscle (scalene?)? Random bone mass growth?
Thanks
Joe