EK70.00 category

Infected epidermoid cyst

Name: EK70.00 — Infected epidermoid cyst
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/igo/

Definition

An epidermoid cyst which has become secondarily infected by, most commonly, Staphylococcus aureus. It manifests as pain, swelling and erythema of a preexisting cyst and is predisposed to rupture.

Also indexed as

Infected epidermal inclusion cystInfected epidermoid cystInfected sebaceous cyst

Nearby in Epidermoid cyst

4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified