This is just part one of a bigger story… This man came to see me asking me to get rid of this bald spot he had on his scalp which would ooze every now and then. The story he gave me didn’t point to any diagnosis with any certainty, so I knew removing this growth […]
This is a lovely patient of mine who travelled from a little distance to see me. She knew I did segments for The Doctors TV show, but this was before DrPimplePopper got big. She had a couple big bumps on her scalp, which are pilar cysts. Pilar cysts tend to occur in families, and many […]
Initially, I thought this might be a pilar cyst, but once I began the excision, it was obvious there was only fat (adipose cells) in the area. I suspect this is a traumatic lipoma because it was not well encapsulated. I have sent the tissue for pathology, and it has been confirmed that this was […]
This patient has a pilomatricoma, aka a calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe, which is commonly a solitary but mobile growth under the skin which is most often confused to be an epidermoid cyst. These are benign growths, not painful or uncomfortable. I was suspicious it was a pilomatricoma when I removed it because of it’s firmness, […]
For medical education- NSFE. Had to just squeeze this cyst out because it was so superficial, but it’s important to remove the entire sac so that it won’t grow back. source