Are you experiencing an unsettling bump beneath your skin and suspect it might be a cyst? If so, you are in the right place.

A cyst is a saclike pocket of tissue containing air, pus, fluid, or other materials. They are usually benign (noncancerous) ...

is a noncancerous lump beneath the skin that originates within a hair follicle. Cysts can develop on almost any part of the body. An epidermoid cyst and the area around it sometimes become inflamed.

Let's be real: You've definitely found yourself staying up late consulting Dr. Google about that raised skin bump that popped up out of nowhere all of a sudden. Is it fungal acne? A cyst?

Vaginal cysts can become infected by the normal bacteria found on the skin or by a sexually transmitted infection. Infected vaginal cysts can form an abscess -- a pus-filled lump that can be very ...

I fell down our stairs hauling boxes and hurt my knee. I developed a Baker’s cyst on the back of it that is the size of a tennis ball. I have gone to an orthopedic doctor and had an ultrasound ...

On her reality TV show, “Dr. Pimple Popper,” she excises cysts much larger than Mr. Nixon’s, squeezes out benign fatty tumors called lipomas and tries to cure mysterious skin conditions.

Treatment for a papilloma is not always necessary. However, be sure to receive a clinical opinion on any lump or skin lesion. If a lump turns out to be a more severe type, it is important to ...

Another method for treating renal cysts and/or performing a renal biopsy is placing a needle through the skin into the cyst and/or kidney using the help of x-rays. In theory, this procedure is less ...