Medicare may cover the removal of sebaceous cysts, also known as epidermal, keratin, or epithelial cysts, if a healthcare professional deems the procedure medically necessary. Sebaceous cysts are ...

Women of menstrual age are familiar with the cramping that comes along with the dreaded time of the month. Although, when that pain is out of the ordinary, it may be a sign of a ruptured ovarian cyst.

A Bartholin's cyst, also known as Bartholin's gland cyst or a Bartholin’s duct cyst, occurs when one of two glands at the vaginal opening fills up with fluid. You can treat a Bartholin’s cyst at home ...

Some investigators have recently suggested that HPV infection could be closely related to palmoplantar epidermal cysts. The aim of this study was to determine the existence of HPV and its subtype ...

Nearly 40 years ago, researchers identified the epidermal growth factor (EGF) domain as a key component in mussel adhesive proteins. Since then, similar adhesive proteins have been discovered in a ...

Epidermoid cyst of the spleen is a rare disease, and relatively few cases were reported by literatures. Most published case reports provided inadequate information on the impact of splenic epidermoid ...

RCCs are considered in the differential diagnosis of other cystic lesions in the sellar or suprasellar region, such as craniopharyngiomas, cystic pituitary adenomas, arachnoid cysts, and epidermoid ...

Medically reviewed by Renita White, MD It's possible for breast cancer to be misdiagnosed as a cyst: Nearly one in eight ...

Two broadly known characteristics of germ cells in many organisms are their development as a ‘cyst’ of interconnected cells and their high sensitivity to DNA damage. Here we provide evidence that in ...