I've developed a weird painless growth on my neck. Do I need to get it removed? Dr Philippa Kaye answers: One of the most likely causes of a growth on the neck would be a cyst. These are fluid–filled ...

A lump on the back of the neck can occur due to a cyst, a boil due to an infected hair follicle, or a muscle knot that's unrelated to a serious health issue. While swollen lymph nodes can be a symptom ...

What is a chocolate cyst? While not a widely known term, a "chocolate cyst" is a symptom of a more severe version of endometriosis, a condition in which tissues similar to those that line the uterus ...

ABSTRACT: A 37-year-old Saudi female patient presented with an unusual case of a third/fourth branchial cleft cyst and acute suppurative thyroiditis. She had been experiencing fever, dysphagia, and ...

A branchial cleft is also called a cleft sinus. It is a lump or cyst that develops in your neck or near your collarbone. It develops in the womb before birth and is usually diagnosed shortly after ...

The Bartholin glands sit on either side of the vagina and make lubricating fluid. When these glands get blocked, fluid can back up in them and form a Bartholin cyst. Bartholin cysts are often small ...

Noticing a strange lump on your body is always alarming. In the age of Dr. Google and rampant health anxiety, many of us immediately jump to the scariest possibility until proven wrong, which can lead ...

Serena Williams, 43, revealed to her TikTok family that she had a branchial cyst (fluid-filled sacs that appear on the side of your neck), which are the size of a small grapefruit, removed from her ...

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 25: Serena Williams attends The Prelude to The Paris Games 2024 on July 25, 2024 in Paris, France. Serena Williams is on the mend after undergoing surgery to have a cyst removed ...

(CNN) — Tennis legend Serena Williams says she recently underwent surgery to remove a branchial cyst “the size of a grapefruit” from her neck. Williams said she found the lump back in May and ...