COMPRESSIBLE Swelling like hemangioma and Lymphangioma
Regains shape SPONTANEOUSLY
Eg=
-1)Hernia
-2)___MV___Coel
-3)Saphenous Varx ( Great saphenous vein )

REDUCIBLE means goes back completely and doesnt come back till compelled like STANDING, COUGH, STRAINING

PLANE AND FIXITY OF SWELLING
1)FIXITY TO SKIN and Mobility

Keloid and Seb Cyst and are less mobile
-Some Malignancy

TESTS?

• Swelling arising from the skin? which layer? or infiltrated the skin making it immobile

PINCHING THE SKIN, sebaceous cyst and keloids

If skin is pinched- less= fixed and superficial level
more pinched= deeper


IF fixed to the muscle mobility
-contraction - less-- fixed to muscle