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Atheroma on the body
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Atheroma is a retentional, functional cyst that is formed due to accumulation of secretory fluid in the gland duct or in an organ capsule capable of producing a liquid secret. Atheroma on the body can be congenital, more often this neoplasm is diagnosed in newborns, also the sebaceous cyst can be secondary, it is detected in adult patients.
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Atheroma can form on any part of the body, where there are sebaceous glands, and they are almost everywhere, except for the palms and soles of the feet. Atheroma on the body is most often detected in areas covered with hair - head, underarm area, groin, shin. Also, often the subcutaneous cyst is formed in the ear zone, the lower part of the face. Thus, it can be argued that the cyst of the subcutaneous tissue in most cases is localized in the places of the most well developed sebaceous glands. By frequency of occurrence of an atheroma of a zone of a body it is possible to arrange in such order:
- Face - nasolabial triangle, superciliary arches, eyelids, zone around the ear, chin.
- The head is the scalp.
- The area of axillary depressions.
- Back of the neck.
- Back - between the shoulder blades.
- Inguinal zone.
- Shins.
- Breasts.
- Hip zone.
- Buttocks.
- Stomach.
The clinical signs of atheroma on the body are determined visually and by palpation:
- The neoplasm looks like a towering subcutaneous seal.
- Atheroma at palpation is mobile, elastic and structurally rather dense.
- Skin without changes.
- The outer boundaries of the atheroma are very clear.
- The cyst does not show pain.
- In the center of the atheroma there is a visible opening of the outflowing duct of the sebaceous gland, often clogged with a secret.