This patient has a small, recently inflamed cyst, that we excised per her request today. It bothers her, and she always asks her husband to squeeze it. The reason I believe it was recently inflamed is because the internal contents are liquefied, and there is no presence of an intact epidermoid sac. Therefore, I just […]

An epidermoid cyst (Epidermal Inclusion cyst, Infundibular cyst), is a benign growth commonly found in the skin and typically appears on the face, neck or trunk, but can occur anywhere on the body. Another name used is “sebacous cyst” but this is actually an antiquated misnomer, and is not a term used by dermatologists. They […]