Independent Nurse: Clinical - Pictures in practice - Various cystic lesions.(Disease/Disorder overview)

TRICHOLEMMAL CYST

This cyst derives from the outer root sheath of the hair follicle and thus occurs in hair-bearing areas. It is more common in middle-aged women and is mobile within the dermis or as a small warty flesh-coloured papule.

Occasionally it may rupture and discharge. A single lesion may be mistaken for a cystic basal cell carcinoma. The cyst may be excised.

Multiple tricholemmal cysts may be associated with the autosomal dominant Cowden's syndrome, a rare condition that may be a marker for carcinoma of the breast, pancreas or thyroid.

BARTHOLIN'S CYST

This is a common benign lesion of the vulva in which there is …