A specific neoplasm of a benign nature that occurs under the skin and looks like a capsule, is known in medicine as atheroma. What it is? This is a cyst that appears when the ducts of the sebaceous gland are blocked. It occurs quite often in people of different age categories, regardless of gender. The formation is soft, rounded, sometimes it can reach the size of a chicken egg.
Atheroma often appears in areas of the skin where many sebaceous glands are located. Favorite places of localization of the neoplasm are on the face in the region of the superciliary arches, ears, chin, and the area of the nasolabial triangle. But no less common is a tumor on the head, on the back of the neck, on the back, in the armpits, in the groin. Depending on its location, atheroma of the skin, eyelids, cheeks, head, etc. is distinguished. These neoplasms can be single and multiple.
For the first time, having discovered an unusual type of tumor, a person experiences anxiety, since not everyone is familiar with such a concept as atheroma. "What it is?" and "How dangerous is it?" - the first questions that arise from its owner.
Such formations are notare cancerous, but they are prone to enlargement, inflammation and often become chronic foci of infection, which contributes to the development of various complications, such as rupture, infection, provoking phlegmon, abscess. In extremely rare cases, they can cause squamous cell skin cancer.
The causal factors in the development of atheroma include chronic injuries, metabolic disorders, hormonal dysfunctions, hyperhidrosis, and unfavorable ecology.
Being the size of a pea, without showing itself in any way, the tumor can gradually increase in size and become inflamed. How to recognize that you have a lipoma or atheroma? What is it and how to establish the correct diagnosis? It is necessary to conduct a laboratory examination and differentiation of the neoplasm with an abscess, carbuncle and possible tumors of a malignant nature.
When festering, atheroma needs urgent surgical treatment. Signs of inflammation of the neoplasm are reddening of the skin, an increase in size, swelling, fever, a painful sensation that intensifies when touched, white-gray discharge with an unpleasant odor.
You should know that the treatment of atheroma is easier when it is smaller. In an uninflamed state, the formation is removed painlessly and simply. There are the following ways to get rid of the neoplasm: radio wave, laser and surgical methods. The operation is performed under local anesthesia. So, removal of atheroma on the head with a radio knife orlaser is safe, highly effective and is performed without shaving the affected area.
During surgery, a small incision is made in the area of education, then the cyst is removed along with the capsule, a suture is applied.
The choice of treatment depends on the size and location of the atheroma. What kind of education is this, what is its danger, are there any contraindications, a qualified specialist will explain. He will individually select the right method of therapy.
When choosing a clinic, you should ask about its reputation, availability of modern equipment, qualified personnel. Only under such conditions can the removal of atheroma be carried out without complications. The price of the procedure depends on the chosen method and the size of the neoplasm.
