Renita White, MD, is an obstetrician/gynecologist at Georgia Obstetrics and Gynecology in Atlanta, Georgia. Her areas of expertise include fibroids, irregular vaginal ...

In the context of breast health, cysts are common among women aged 35-50 years and are influenced by hormonal fluctuations, particularly estrogen levels. These growths are usually characterized by ...

When breast tissue is damaged, fat cells die and release oils that form small sacs called cysts. Over time, these cysts can harden and lead to the formation of scar tissue. Fat necrosis commonly ...

If your OB/GYN tells you that you have ovarian cysts, it might make you worry about ovarian cancer. But even though these two conditions can bring on similar symptoms, they’re very different ...

But, eventually, this lump never went away.” According to Thurston, she once had a “benign cyst removed” from her same breast that felt similar. “[I] thought maybe it was that again.

Small cyst-like structures were present within the endometrium of the left and right uterine horns. Figure 2: The mammary glands of the rabbit shown in Figure 1 after the skin has been removed at ...

It's possible for breast cancer to be misdiagnosed as a cyst: Nearly one in eight breast cancers are missed on a mammogram. In February 2014, I felt a pea-sized lump in my breast, close to my ...