Small lump on tibia

[Danny46811]

Hello

I posted this in another forum, at the end of an old post, but I didn't get any replies so posting here. Apologies if you've read it already!
So I have a very small boney lump on the outer edge of my tibia bone, just below the tibial tuberosity. It feels like bone except its a small protrusion, as its not on the other leg. I noticed if because it hurts when pressed. Size wise, possibly 5mm. Saw Dr, he didn't seem too concerned but has arranged for an Xray at my insistence. He said something about a possible bone spur?
While I wait however many weeks for my xray, can someone please calm my nerves and let me know if they've had any experience where a hard boney lump turned out to be nothing?! As I said, it does hurt when pressing on it and don't think it's grown.
I'm 42, no health issues and did not bang my leg ( well not that I csn recall). Its been like this for 2 months.

My husband has bone spurs on his heels. Totally benign and they haven’t got worse. It just means his shoes wear out more easily. Bone spurs can be a normal reaction to trauma but they usually stay the same after forming (or that’s the case for his). I hope you can distract yourself while you wait for the results.

Have a look at osgood-schlatter disease. My DSis had that as a teenager.

https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=osgood-schlatter%20disease&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5

@KnickerlessParsons thanks for this, I did see it but it appears mainly in adolescents so not sure it can be this...

@Feliciacat Did you husband need an xray to confirm the bone spur?

He did have an x ray I believe. Just to rule out anything more serious. I hope you get some answers that reassure you.

It’ll either be a small bony protuberance, no more sinister than an errant wart on your skin, or a bone spur on your heel, if you like, or a knot of fibrous tissue. It isn’t cancer. They tend to cause swelling across the whole area of the bone, and would cause weakness in a major structural bone such as a tibia.