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Pilonidal cyst, pilonidal abscess, pilonidal sinus, sacrococcygeal cyst / fistula: Acute pilonidal disease (abscess) in the upper gluteal cleft: Specialty: General surgery, colorectal surgery: Symptoms: Pain, swelling, redness, drainage of fluid [1] Usual onset: Young adulthood [2] Causes: Ingrown hair in the natal cleft: Risk factors
Atypical dimples can also be deep, positioned above the gluteal crease, located outside the midline, or occur as multiple dimples. [8] Sacral dimples are often spotted in post-natal checks by pediatricians, [3] [5] who can check: whether the floor of the dimple is covered with skin; whether there is a tuft of hair in the dimple;
The intergluteal cleft or just gluteal cleft, also known by a number of synonyms, including natal cleft and cluneal cleft, is the groove between the buttocks that runs from just below the sacrum to the perineum, [1] so named because it forms the visible border between the external rounded protrusions of the gluteus maximus muscles.
703.0 Ingrown nail; 704 Diseases of hair and hair follicles. 704.0 Alopecia, unspec. 704.1 Hirsutism; 705 Disorders of sweat glands. 705.1 Prickly heat, heat rash. 705.83 Hidradenitis suppurativa; 706 Diseases of sebaceous glands. 706.0 Acne varioliformis; 706.1 Other acne; 706.2 Sebaceous cyst; 706.3 Seborrhea; 706.8 Other specified diseases ...
Epidermoid cysts originate in the epidermis and pilar cysts originate from hair follicles. Technically speaking, then, they are not sebaceous cysts. [2] "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.
Ingrown hair is a condition where a hair curls back or grows sideways into the skin.The condition is most prevalent among people who have coarse or curly hair. It may or may not be accompanied by an infection of the hair follicle (folliculitis) or "razor bumps" (pseudofolliculitis barbae), which vary in size.
The majority of epidermal inclusion cysts originate from the infundibular portion of the hair follicle, thus explaining the interchangeable, [14] yet inaccurate, use of these two terms. Epidermoid cyst may be classified as a sebaceous cyst , [ 15 ] although technically speaking it is not sebaceous. [ 16 ] "
Relative incidence of cutaneous cysts: Trichilemmal cyst is labeled near top. A trichilemmal cyst (or pilar cyst ) is a common cyst that forms from a hair follicle , most often on the scalp , and is smooth, mobile, and filled with keratin , a protein component found in hair , nails , skin , and horns .