Re: Spot?lump?boil?
Hi Adam,
I believe we addressed this by way of private message, but for the sake of the forum, a small palpable and mobile cyst under the skin, particularly on the neck, face or back and which expresses a string-like matter is most often a sebaceous cyst. Unlike boils and abcesses that are due to staph aureus infection, sebaceous cysts are quite painless and tend to grow slowly and persistently. The cysts result from the errant blockage of sebaceous fluid within the gland network that forms the cyst which feels maleable or soft and mobile to some extent.
They can be excised under local anesthetic but sometimes return. They do not constitute a sign of a more serious nature.
Best regards,
Rutheford Rane, MD (ret.)
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