Kista and its types

The cyst is a benign sack-like formation, most often filled with liquid. The cyst can form in almost any part of the body, for example, in the ovaries, in the uterus, in the pancreas, in the mammary gland, in the kidneys, in the brain or in the tooth. Depending on the place of education and the degree of development, cysts may differ in size and structure. In general, the cysts of the slopes progress, and without timely treatment they can reach large sizes and shift adjacent organs and tissues.

What are the symptoms of cysts?

As a rule, cysts develop asymptomatically and do not cause anxiety to patients until they reach significant dimensions. Therefore, they are often diagnosed with a general examination or in the treatment of another disease. In some cases, the cyst may bulge out of the skin or be palpated (for example, mammary gland or skin cysts), but internal cysts usually remain invisible, and can only be detected with ultrasound, x-rays, tomography or other studies.

Symptoms of the cyst in many ways depend on its location and size. Virtually all types of cysts are characterized by painful sensations at the site of the formation of cysts that occur when the cyst exerts pressure on tissues or organs.

What can cause cyst formation?

The causes of the cyst can not be established in all cases. It is known that there are certain risk factors that increase the likelihood of the disease. Among them - the transferred infections, inflammations and genetic features.

What are the types of cysts?

There are such types of cysts:

• Retention cysts (cyst of salivary, sebaceous and mammary glands, cyst of prostate and pancreas, ovarian cyst)
• Ramolytic cysts (cyst of spinal cord and brain, cyst of yellow body of ovaries, tooth cyst)
• Tumor cysts (cystic lymphangioma, amelobastoma, salivary gland adenoma)
• Parasitic cysts (traumatic cyst of fingers and palms, traumatic cyst of pancreas, cyst of iris)
• Dizontogenetic cysts (cyst of kidneys, lungs, liver, central nervous system, dermoid cyst).

How to treat a cyst?

The treatment of a cyst depends on its size and whether it causes discomfort to the patient and poses a threat to normal functioning Neighboring organs. For the treatment of so-called "safe" cysts, conservative methods of treatment are often used, while cysts that can potentially harm a person are subject to surgical removal. For example, the ovarian cyst is removed when suppuration, threat of malignancy, inflammation, rupture of the cyst, or when the cyst is twisted.

The cyst can be removed in isolation or together with the organ (part of the organ) in which it is formed. The decision to choose the most appropriate method of treatment is made by the doctor after careful diagnosis of the patient.

Another method of treatment of cysts - percutaneous drainage , is most often used to treat kidney, liver and pancreas cysts. The method consists in introducing a catheter into the cyst to remove the pathological fluid accumulation from the catheter. This procedure is performed under the supervision of ultrasound or another method of medical imaging.

Is it possible to prevent the formation of a cyst?

Unfortunately, today there are no effective methods of preventing the formation of cysts. All you can do is undergo a regular medical examination to detect diseases in time and avoid complications.