Talk:Sebaceous cyst
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"[...]they may occur anywhere on the body except the palms of the hands and soles of the feet."
Given that I had a sebaceous cyst on the sole of my foot and the scar to prove it, I seriously doubt this statement. Confirmation?
- Sebaceous glands are uncommon on the soles of the feet and the palms of the hand, and accordingly, so are sebaceous cysts vanishingly rare in those areas—sufficiently rare that the diagnosis of such a thing might be worth the publication of a letter in a dermatologic journal. So I don't think anyone's being seriously misled. - Nunh-huh 12:55, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Thanks for the info, I need more.
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"Clinicopathologic features of epidermal cysts of the sole: comparison with traditional epidermal cysts and trichilemmal cysts.BACKGROUND: It has been described that the etiology of epidermal cysts on acral skin is different from that on non-acral skin; however, no papers have been published regarding the detailed histological differences between acral and non-acral epidermal cysts.from J Cutan Pathol - Apr 2005 - Yoshihiko Shimizu, Kenichi Sakita, Eiichi Arai, et. al. " A cite, these cysts are uncommon but not unknown. You can see why the term "sebaceous cyst" is not technically correct and falling from favor with knowledgable physicians. The term "epidermal cyst" is more accurate.
I recently discovered what I believe to be a "Sebaceous Cyst" inside the crease between leg and groin. I had in the past a similar lump in the near exact area just about an inch or two higher up from this one. My solution to that one was to mess with it (crush it) until it disappeared. Could this new cyst be a migration of bacteria from the first one? Is crushing it a reasonable solution?
- you cannot ask medical advice here. wikipedia is not a medical hotline. --pippo2001 09:40, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Epidermoid not the same as Sebaceous
Sebaceous cysts are filled with sebum. Epidermoid cysts are not of sebaceous origin, they result from a proliferation of epidermal cells within the dermis. The term "sebaceous cyst" is a misnomer.
[edit] Linkspam
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[edit] Images not viewable with IE7
I uploaded and added two images of an abcessed sebaceous cyst, but I cannot see them with Internet Explorer 7. However, they are visible with FireFox. Anyone know a fix for this? thanks Tnek46 02:23, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
- Nevermind, the image appears now. Tnek46 06:28, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Another term?
Robbins pathology (7th ed) lists these as "epithelial cysts", and (just for kicks) that the term wen comes from the Anglo-Saxon wenn, meaning a lump or tumor. It also says that they're filled with keratin and debris from sebaceous secretions.Hnc 04:07, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] changed keratin to sebum
It said that sebacious cysts were filled with keratin, I belive this is incorrect and the correct information is sebum. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Michalchik (talk • contribs) 07:31, 3 March 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Tension headache
The article says that sebaceous cysts may be caused by "long duration of tension headache", yet the citation immediately following the statement contains no references to tension headaches. Is this even true? ▫ Urbane Legend chinwag 00:04, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- This was a case of vandalism and removed. Androsyn 04:09, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
