Rachael Misfud, 38, was diagnosed with cancer nine months after being waitlisted for what was thought to be a benign cyst ...

However, various home remedies may help a cyst to heal ... A minor surgical procedure called excision is the best treatment for cysts such as epidermoid cysts. Excision involves removing the ...

Medically reviewed by Mary Choy, PharmD A pilonidal cyst, sometimes called pilonidal disease, is a fluid-filled sac that usually occurs on the tailbone at the top of the buttocks. It usually starts as ...

Would it be smart to get a second opinion to find the cause and recommended treatment, like surgery? I can only walk to the mailbox, and I’m in a lot of pain. -- J.E. ANSWER: A Baker’s cyst is ...

A team at Yale–New Haven Children’s Hospital in Connecticut performed a minimally invasive procedure on a 3-day-old baby who had been diagnosed with a lymphatic malformation in utero. A procedure ...

Some cysts can eventually become cancerous, and typically need surgery to remove. The treatment, called endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic cyst chemoablation, uses a small camera inside the ...

The local doctors looked grave and thoughtful. Her condition, they told her, was caused by an ovarian cyst that had grown to improbable size. Cysts can be removed, but Mrs. Levandowski also had a ...

but a small percentage of complex cysts are cancerous. The cancer risk is somewhat higher for post-menopausal women. U of U Health offers the most effective treatment options for ovarian cysts, such ...