Cyst Problems?!
Question: I have a two Cysts, one just about my wrist which feels as if its connected to the bone and the other is on the back of my neck which moves around slightly they grow an shrink constantly and sometimes a rather painful. I don't have medical insurance but is there any way to tell that they could be cancerous without a biopsy?
Answers: I have a two Cysts, one just about my wrist which feels as if its connected to the bone and the other is on the back of my neck which moves around slightly they grow an shrink constantly and sometimes a rather painful. I don't have medical insurance but is there any way to tell that they could be cancerous without a biopsy?
Cyst is essentially a collection of fluid being contained neatly in a bag covered by a layer of tissue called capsule.
The cyst of the wrist joint which increase and reduce in size from time to time is called Ganglion.Ganglion is a collection of joint fluid contained within a capsule and connected to the joint-not the bone.Rarely there are cysts that arise pimarily from the bone itself.
The cystic swelling that is mobile on the neck is most probably a lipoma(tumour of fat cells)
Both conditions are benign-they are not cancer.
In general, if a lump is small(less than 5 cm), soft,,mobile,not stuck to the overlying skin or underlying muscles and they are not causing pain,than its very unlikely for the lump to be a cancer.It is more likely to be a benign lump. The exception is when there is superimposed infection or inflammation, than the lump will be red and painful.
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