Surgical Questions and Answers

Free Medical and Surgical Questions And Answers

Skin and its adnexae

1. What is a sebaceous cyst?

Correct answer: A sebaceous cyst (epidermoid cyst or wen) is a retention cyst produced by obstruction to the mouth of a sebaceous gland. Therefore sebaceous cysts may occur wherever sebaceous glands exist and are not found on the gland-free palms…