BENIGN CYST REMOVED FROM CLINTON'S NECK.Byline: Associated Press President Clinton had a benign cyst cyst, abnormal sac in the body, filled with a fluid or semisolid and enclosed in a membrane. Cysts can be congenital but are usually acquired, the most common locations being the skin and the ovaries. removed from his neck Wednesday in a 12-minute procedure at the White House, spokesman Mike McCurry said. The growth, known as an inclusion cyst inclusion cyst, n an epidermal cyst formed of a mass of squamous epithelium cells with concentric layers of keratin. inclusion cyst Dermatology Epidermal inclusion cyst, see there Gynecology Gartner's duct cyst, see there , was located near Clinton's left ear at the jaw line. It was removed by dermatologist David Corbett in the doctor's office on the White House grounds, McCurry said. ``It had grown a little larger in size and certainly a little more bothersome to the president,'' he said. The cyst - basically an ingrown ingrown /in·grown/ (in´gron) having grown inward, into the flesh. in·grown adj. Grown abnormally into the flesh. pimple pimple, small pointed elevation of the skin that may or may not contain pus. The formation of pimples is frequently associated with infection, irritation, or overactivity of the sebaceous and sweat glands. Repeated eruptions of pimples are often termed acne. - was diagnosed during the president's physical examination in May. His physician, Dr. Connie Mariano, noticed during the Democratic National Convention that it had grown bigger and suggested that Clinton have it removed as soon as possible. Wednesday was the first day they could fit the procedure into Clinton's schedule, Mariano said. ``He was alert, awake and talking about golf,'' she said. Corbett applied a local anesthesia Anesthesia, Local Definition Local or regional anesthesia involves the injection or application of an anesthetic drug to a specific area of the body, as opposed to the entire body and brain as occurs during general anesthesia. , sliced the cyst across its top, drained it, closed the skin with two stitches and bandaged it. The stitches will be removed in about a week, McCurry said. Pathological tests will be conducted on the cyst, but Corbett said it was benign and fairly common. |
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