What is an arachnoid cyst? Arachnoid cysts are the most common type of brain cyst. They are often congenital, or present at birth (primary arachnoid cysts). Head injury or trauma can also result in a ...

What often begins with early stage bumps resembling pimples or blackheads progresses into painful abscesses, nodules, and cysts, which can break open and ooze unpleasant-smelling liquid, and also ...

The pain of an infected pilonidal cyst is often excruciating. It feels as if you were to press your tailbone up against the sharp corner of a table and hold it there. After the abscess drains of pus, ...

Follicular cysts are a type of benign ovarian cyst caused by normal hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle. Usually harmless, these fluid-filled sacs grow on the follicles where the egg ...

While it’s not true that hidradenitis suppurativa is caused by poor hygiene, what you do in the shower can worsen flare-ups ...

Biopsies can be performed and cysts removed during this procedure ... but it is not the study of choice for evaluating sinus disease. It does not outline the bone, whereas CT allows excellent ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with several liver cysts over 15 years ago. My primary doctor and I follow the growth of the cysts by ultrasound, and one is increasing in size. We did an MRI with ...

Then, finally, this year, she had an ultrasound which srevealed she had “three chronically infected cysts” in her cheek. Appearing on Olivia Attwood's podcast So Wrong It's Right, she said ...

Yes, an ovarian cyst can cause back pain. It does not always happen, but it can if the cyst is large and pressing on other organs or tissues. It is advisable for those with persistent pain to ask ...

Emma Fawn was diagnosed with a colloid cyst on the centre of her brain in 2019 after experiencing persistent pain and pressure in her head. The rare cyst carries the risk of developing into ...