A 77-year-old Caucasian man presents with an epidermoid cyst on his scalp, in the left parietal area. He tells you he has had the cyst for many years and it always seemed to remain the same. He is ...

Cysts are small sacs filled with fluid, air or skin cells that can pop up just about anywhere.

Skin cyst is a sac like lesion situated beneath the skin which is filled with fluid or pus and other secretions, and enclosed by a cyst wall. The skin is made up of 2 layers, an outer layer called the ...

An epidermal inclusion cyst — also known as an epidermoid cyst, infundibular cyst, keratin cyst, or inclusion cyst — is the most common type of cutaneous cyst. Patients present with a nodule that is ...

I have a sebaceous cyst in the centre of my chest, just below my collar bone. I have had it for about five years and although it hasn't got any bigger, it hasn't gone away either. It got infected a ...

ALTHOUGH dermoid cysts are not common and are seldom malignant, they are of interest from several points of view. When they occur near the body surface they are of concern to the patient because of ...

An epidermal nevus is an overgrowth of one of the cell species found in the epidermal layers and appendages. In many patients, an epidermal nevus syndrome (ENS) is present. This is marked by the ...