Whether they’re on your ovaries, on your breasts, or on your bikini line masquerading as ingrown hairs, cysts can be pretty mundane medical business. But dermoid cysts are different. Thanks to their ...

In the weeks after my first child was born, I grew accustomed to weird pangs and strange sensations—after all, my body was doing some pretty heavy duty recovery. From hemorrhoids to the re-tightening ...

We saw the pediatric plastic surgeon today, and the lump by Wesley's eye isn't a lipoma. It's a dermoid cyst: Hair? Teeth?? Ick! The doctor did say he's never found teeth in one, but still. Ick! He ...

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For a long time, Calle Hack thought the severe pain she experienced before her period was normal. But it was actually caused by a giant cyst on her ovary that contained cartilage and hair. "It was ...

An exam of the removed cyst showed it was a keratinizing stratified squamous epithelial lining complete with sebaceous adnexa, confirming it was a dermoid cyst, the authors wrote. 2nd surgery Nine ...

If an ovarian cyst is left untreated, it will usually resolve on its own. However, a solid or partially solid cyst may need to be evaluated by a lab to make sure it isn’t cancerous. While most ovarian ...

Whether they’re on your ovaries, on your breasts, or on your bikini line masquerading as ingrown hairs, cysts can be pretty mundane medical business. But dermoid cysts are different. Thanks to their ...