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 ...

One of the most common types of ovarian cysts that we see in young women is the dermoid cyst. These cysts form from very early on, as the ovaries of a young girl begin to evolve. Dermoid cysts are ...

ALTHOUGH dermoid cysts are not common and are seldom malignant, they are of interest from several points of view. When they occur near the body surface they are of concern to the patient because of ...

A bump recently appeared above my wife’s eye, near the edge of her eyebrow. It grew inflamed and painful, which led to a course of antibiotics. And although the pain and some of the swelling and ...

Women in their childbearing years are at greater risk for developing ovarian dermoid cysts — a unique type of growth much different than any other cyst. “What’s interesting about a dermoid that makes ...

Ovarian cysts are found in nearly all pre-menopausal women, and up to 15 percent of those who are postmenopausal. What makes them occur, what is the chance that a cyst is or will become cancerous and ...

Around one in 10 women will develop ovarian cysts at some point during their lives, and while the prospect of a cyst growing on your ovaries could set off alarm bells, they aren’t something you need ...

IN A previous paper entitled "Ovarian Conservation during Surgery" 1 particular attention was paid to bilateral ovarian dermoids and ovarian endometriosis. Two patients were reported therein who had ...

In general, multiple large intraoral dermoid cysts appear in people in their 20s or 30s. Often benign, these cysts are removed via intraoral or extraoral surgery depending on their location. A 1-month ...

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 ...