Follicular Cyst (often erroneously called Sebaceous Cyst)
- Lynx
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Then I'm still on the right track, no? I quoted this from Merck:
"Infundibular follicular cysts (epidermoid cysts, epidermal inclusion cysts, often erroneously called sebaceous cysts) are the most common ... they are filled with a gray, brown, or yellowish, granular, “cheesy” material that is lumenal keratin."
So, not sebaceous cyst but a follicular cyst filled with keratin then.
How would you have removed the keratin?
"Infundibular follicular cysts (epidermoid cysts, epidermal inclusion cysts, often erroneously called sebaceous cysts) are the most common ... they are filled with a gray, brown, or yellowish, granular, “cheesy” material that is lumenal keratin."
So, not sebaceous cyst but a follicular cyst filled with keratin then.
How would you have removed the keratin?
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- Little Jo Wheek
Yes, on the right track. It's just not "sebaceous," although that term can be a blanket term for anything having to do with the skin. Sebaceous cysts are generally much larger. And grosser! (Like my command of the English language?)
Remove them surgically. Sometimes vets will drain with a needle or they will rupture, reform, and cycle through a rupture/reform cycle.
Remove them surgically. Sometimes vets will drain with a needle or they will rupture, reform, and cycle through a rupture/reform cycle.
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
I found a cool pdf with a laser technique for removing them -- they pull out the "wall".
http://www.accuvet.com/pdf/sebaceous_cyst_technique.pdf
It's so thick that I don't think draining would do any good.
http://www.accuvet.com/pdf/sebaceous_cyst_technique.pdf
It's so thick that I don't think draining would do any good.
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
JHand, there doesn't seem to be a scrollbar on the side but I was able to scroll to see the other pages.
I thought the pics I posted were pretty cool too.
As I was looking around for info on sebaceous cysts, I see how often pics are lacking. I think it's wonderful when people can post photos so we can see precisely what something looks like (like the prolapsed rectum on another thread). One time someone posted the horrible genital swelling on her sow. Well it turned out she had a boar.
Pics can indeed be priceless.
By the way, Snowflake mostly patiently let me remove more of the keratin -- I used a worn dental tool I have -- curved, not very sharp, to kind of catch and lift off some of it. It seems to be looking much better (not as large a pore).
I thought the pics I posted were pretty cool too.
As I was looking around for info on sebaceous cysts, I see how often pics are lacking. I think it's wonderful when people can post photos so we can see precisely what something looks like (like the prolapsed rectum on another thread). One time someone posted the horrible genital swelling on her sow. Well it turned out she had a boar.
Pics can indeed be priceless.
By the way, Snowflake mostly patiently let me remove more of the keratin -- I used a worn dental tool I have -- curved, not very sharp, to kind of catch and lift off some of it. It seems to be looking much better (not as large a pore).