For nearly two months, 43-year-old Rahul (name changed) lived with a strange, persistent discomfort in his chest. It wasn’t sharp pain. More like a constant burning and heaviness that refused to ...

A 64-year-old male patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented to our hospital with back pain. Posteroanterior chest radiography findings indicated a calcified, solid nodule having ...

Rochelle Collins, DO, is a board-certified family medicine physician and assistant clinical professor of family medicine at Quinnipiac University. Discharge from your belly button might be a sign of ...

Thyroid cysts are usually benign and often don't need treatment. More than half of thyroid nodules, like cysts, will be noncancerous. Thyroid cysts can occur if ducts are blocked, trapping fluid in ...

A 36-year-old woman presented for evaluation of chest pain. Posteroanterior direct radiography showed a homogeneous opacity in the middle zone of the left lung. Lateral chest radiography showed a ...

Do not pop an ear cyst because it can lead to infection and scarring. If an ear cyst is painful or infected, see a healthcare provider for treatment. Noncancerous (benign) ear cysts can develop in ...

A nevus sebaceous is a mole patch that is salmon or yellow-colored and most often appears on your scalp, neck, and face. They are less common on your arms, legs, and trunk. Sebaceous nevi usually ...

A cyst is a sac filled with fluid, air, or other material that can form anywhere in the body. Most cysts are benign—harmless and symptom-free. In fact, someone with a cyst may not even know that they ...

Sebaceous cysts are benign, fluid-filled bumps beneath the skin. Although some people seek sebaceous cyst removal for cosmetic purposes, the lesions do not typically cause health problems or require ...

Ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs that form on or inside the ovaries for a variety of reasons. Often, they disappear on their own, but sometimes, they can grow very large, burst or cause an ovary to ...