Weigh the pros and cons of treatment with your healthcare provider. U.S. National Library of Medicine: MedlinePlus. Surgery for pilonidal cyst. American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS).

Follicular cysts are a type of benign ovarian cyst caused by normal hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle. Usually harmless, these fluid-filled sacs grow on the follicles where the egg ...

Dame Deborah James dedicated her last years to campaigning for better awareness of bowel cancer. In December 2016, the ...

In situations where PSA elevation is suspected to be cyst related, we believe PSA analysis of the cystic fluid would provide useful information. Apart from prostate cancer, many other causes for ...

The American Cancer Society predicts over two million people will be diagnosed with cancer this year. Ivanhoe tells us what ...

Background Tarlov cysts are perineural collections of cerebrospinal fluid most often affecting sacral nerve roots, which may cause back pain, extremity paresthesias and weakness, bladder/bowel ...

Pain that lingers for several hours after a bowel movement is one possible indicator of anal fissures. Fecal impaction occurs when a lump of dry, hard stool becomes stuck in the colon or rectum.

Sharing the news in an Instagram post, the TV presenter revealed she has a colloid cyst – a “very rare” benign tumour that affects only three in a million people. “A few months ago I did a ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can spare many patients with rectal cancer from invasive surgery that can carry lifelong side effects, new research indicates. That information could be extremely ...

However, Sophia Lowes, at Cancer Research UK, told The Guardian: “It’s important to remember that the overall number of ...

Introduction Anal involvement can be the initial presentation in up to 5% of patients with Crohn's disease, and over a lifetime as many as one third of patients will have symptoms or complications ...

What Is an Anal Fistula? An anal fistula is an abnormal tunnel that forms between the inside of the anus (the hole at the end of your digestive tract through which solid waste leaves the body ...