- When did you notice the swelling?
- How did you noticed the lump? (? Pain, incidental, noticed by some one else, …)
- Where? (in general)
- Onset? (ex; after trauma, wound, spontaneous, …)
- Duration (rapid & recent swelling usually inflammatory)
- Size of the swelling
- Associations (pain, discharges, skin changes over it, movement limitation)
- Is there any other swellings?
- Changes with time? (size, shape, color, pain, …)
- Discharges (if positive; ask about color, quantity, consistency, smell)
- Demographic data
- Chief complain
- History of presenting symptoms
- Past medical History
- Past surgical History
- Medication History
- Family History
- Social History
- Systemic review