Follicular cysts are a type of benign ovarian cyst caused by normal hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle. Usually harmless, these fluid-filled sacs grow on the follicles where the egg ...

A pilonidal cyst is a cyst or abscess (boil) located near the intergluteal cleft, otherwise known as the groove between the buttocks. Treatment usually requires having a pilonidal cyst removed ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with several liver cysts over 15 years ago. My primary doctor and I follow the growth of the cysts by ultrasound, and one is increasing in size. We did an MRI with ...

Then, finally, this year, she had an ultrasound which srevealed she had “three chronically infected cysts” in her cheek. Appearing on Olivia Attwood's podcast So Wrong It's Right, she said ...

Yes, an ovarian cyst can cause back pain. It does not always happen, but it can if the cyst is large and pressing on other organs or tissues. It is advisable for those with persistent pain to ask ...

If you feel a bulge behind your knee, and it feels tight in the area, with pain getting worse when you fully extend (stretch out) your knee, or when you’re active, you could have a Baker’s cyst, also ...