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  2. Idiopathic scrotal calcinosis - Wikipedia

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    By 2010, studies supported that epidermoid cysts are believed to be caused by dystrophic calcification. This process involves subclinical inflammation, rupture, calcification, and cyst wall obliteration. [6]

  3. Epidermoid cyst - Wikipedia

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    Relative incidence of cutaneous cysts, where epidermoid cysts constitute a plurality (blue area). An epidermoid cyst or epidermal inclusion cyst [1] is a benign cyst usually found on the skin. The cyst develops out of ectodermal tissue. Histologically, it is made of a thin layer of squamous epithelium.

  4. Sebaceous cyst - Wikipedia

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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) Pilar cysts (also termed trichelemmal cysts, isthmus-catagen cysts) Both of the above types of cysts contain keratin, not sebum, and neither originates from sebaceous glands.

  5. Steatocystoma multiplex - Wikipedia

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    The cysts can be removed via excision, though conventional cyst excision techniques have proven impractical, and a specialized regimen is required. [5] Cryotherapy and electrodessication may also be tried, but since it is a genetic disorder all the modalities have very little effect. Individual cysts can be removed surgically.

  6. Cysts of the jaws - Wikipedia

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    Cysts of the jaws are cysts—pathological epithelial-lined cavities filled with fluid or soft material—occurring on the bones of the jaws, the mandible and maxilla.Those are the bones with the highest prevalence of cysts in the human body, due to the abundant amount of epithelial remnants that can be left in the bones of the jaws.

  7. Cholesteatoma - Wikipedia

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    To prevent this, these ossicles must be removed, which may diminish the patient's hearing. The formation of a mastoid cavity by removal of the canal wall is the simplest and most effective procedure for facilitating the removal of cholesteatoma, but may bestow the most lasting infirmity due to loss of ear function upon the patient treated in ...

  8. Vocal cord cyst - Wikipedia

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    Vocal fold cysts (also known as vocal cord cysts) are benign masses of the membranous vocal folds. [1] These cysts are enclosed, sac-like structures that are typically of a yellow or white colour. [2] They occur unilaterally on the midpoint of the medial edge of the vocal folds. [1] They can also form on the upper/superior, surface of the vocal ...

  9. Talk:Sebaceous cyst - Wikipedia

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    " A cite, these cysts are uncommon but not unknown. You can see why the term "sebaceous cyst" is not technically correct and falling from favor with knowledgable physicians. The term "epidermal cyst" is more accurate. I recently discovered what I believe to be a "Sebaceous Cyst" inside the crease between leg and groin.