"Chocolate cysts" affect up to 44% of people with endometriosis, causing painful periods, pelvic pain and fertility issues ...

“Fifty-one endometriosis lesions, a chocolate cyst, and my appendix were all removed across two surgeries,” she wrote in an ...

Q: I have a cyst on the end of my tailbone that's been there for years without any problems. My friend says that she has a similar problem, but under her arm. Her doctor told her that she has ...

Dermoid cysts are usually harmless, but in some cases, you may need to have a dermoid cyst surgically removed. Dermoid cysts are congenital, meaning you’re born with them. They may be found ...

Woman has massive 15-inch ovarian cyst removed A writer in the U.K. said she’s more motivated than ever to get active and be adventurous after doctors removed a watermelon-sized cyst that had ...

What are ovarian cysts? "An ovarian cyst is a fluid filled sac that forms on, or within the ovary," Adam Taylor, a professor of anatomy at Lancaster University in the U.K., told Live Science in an ...

How To Treat Them Regardless of cyst type or location, you should never try to pop them yourself. "It is important to stress the need to resist the urge to pop a cyst on your own and squeeze it ...

The cysts have to be extracted with an incision that must include removal of the sack to keep it from growing back. Most, if not all, of the time, they'll require sutures after removal, too.

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 ...

Reese underwent a two-hour surgery to remove the cyst, which she said was eight inches in length, seven pounds in weight and was filled with two liters of fluid. The cyst was diagnosed as a ...

Problematic cysts can be removed through surgery. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates that 5 to 10 percent of women have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst.