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A sebaceous cyst is a term commonly used to refer to either: [1] Epidermoid cysts (also termed epidermal cysts, infundibular cyst)
True" sebaceous cysts, which originate from sebaceous glands and which contain sebum, are relatively rare and are known as steatocystoma simplex or, if multiple, as steatocystoma multiplex. Medical professionals have suggested that the term "sebaceous cyst" be avoided since it can be misleading. [8]: 31 In practice, however, the term is still ...
Cock's peculiar tumour is a sebaceous cyst linked growth that can resemble a squamous cell carcinoma. [1] The name is given after a 19th-century English surgeon Edward Cock. [2] The proliferating cyst is usually solitary, but it often arises from a simple trichilemmal cysts in the hair follicle epithelium and these are multiple in 70% of cases ...
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Epidermoid cyst may be classified as a sebaceous cyst, [15] although technically speaking it is not sebaceous. [16] "True" sebaceous cysts, cysts which originate from sebaceous glands and which contain sebum, are relatively rare and are known as steatocystoma simplex or, if multiple, as steatocystoma multiplex. Medical professionals have ...
Sebaceous cyst is a term used to refer to both an epidermoid cyst and a pilar cyst, though neither of these contain sebum, only keratin and do not originate in the sebaceous gland and so are not true sebaceous cysts. A true sebaceous cyst is relatively rare and is known as a steatocystoma. [38]
Five-day-old inflamed epidermal inclusion cyst. The black spot is a keratin plug which connects with the underlying cyst. Specialty: General surgery, infectious disease, dermatology: Symptoms: Redness, pain, swelling [1] Usual onset: Rapid: Causes: Bacterial infection (often MRSA) [1] Risk factors: Intravenous drug use [2] Diagnostic method ...
Ciliated cyst of the vulva (cutaneous Müllerian cyst, paramesonephric mucinous cyst of the vulva) Clear cell acanthoma (acanthome cellules claires of Degos and Civatte, Degos acanthoma, pale cell acanthoma) Clear cell squamous cell carcinoma (clear cell carcinoma of the skin) Chronic scar keratosis (chronic cicatrix keratosis) Clonal ...