Medicare covers the removal of sebaceous cysts and other benign skin lesions if it is medically necessary. Dermatologists may consider the removal necessary if it meets Medicare’s established ...

Boils and cysts are two types of growths on the body. Also known as furuncles, boils are pockets of pus (a creamy, white substance) on the skin caused by bacteria infecting hair follicles.

An epidermal inclusion cyst is a dermal lesion in the breast. Diagnosis is relatively straightforward when the lesion is small, located in the dermis and associated with a history of trauma. However, ...

There is usually no obvious reason for the ducts to become blocked, but some people do seem more prone to forming sebaceous cysts than others. It is also a condition that can run in families.

I had one removed from my head when I was about eight-years-old and didn't have another until two years ago. Now I have three that have come up on my head beneath my hair.

Liver cysts are fluid-filled sacs that form in the liver. Also known as hepatic cysts, they can develop before birth or later in life due to infection or genetic disorders like polycystic liver ...

An ingrown hair bump, or cyst, extends from your body’s surface and deep underneath it. It often looks like a red pimple with one hair on its surface, but other types can look different and ...

A simple cyst classically appears as a mass that has well-defined borders. On ultrasound, it is generally anechoic and shows significant posterior acoustic enhancement (Fig. 1). As opposed to most ...

We report a case of a patient originating from South Africa, who presented at 7 weeks gestation with abdominal pain and fever. The diagnosis of liver hydatid cyst was confirmed by ultrasound. This ...