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  2. Sebaceous cyst - Wikipedia

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    Cysts may be related to high levels of testosterone, hence may be more frequent in users of anabolic steroids. [5] A case has been reported of a sebaceous cyst being caused by the human botfly. [6] Hereditary causes of sebaceous cysts include Gardner's syndrome and basal cell nevus syndrome.

  3. 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.

  4. Epidermoid cyst - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Does Medicare Cover Sebaceous Cyst Removal? - AOL

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    While sebaceous cysts usually pose no danger to your overall health, Medicare may consider their removal medically necessary if you meet certain criteria. This criteria includes whether the skin ...

  6. Sebaceous gland - Wikipedia

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    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]

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  8. Cock's peculiar tumour - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Steatocystoma simplex - Wikipedia

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    Relative incidence of cutaneous cysts. Steatocystoma is labeled at right. Steatocystoma simplex is a skin condition characterized by a skin lesion that occurs with equal frequency in adult women and men, and is typically found on the face, trunk, or extremities. [1]: 679 It is related to Steatocystoma multiplex. [2]