This patient was scheduled for a surgery just 6 days prior for a very firm “marble like” cyst in the earlobe that was not inflamed. What sometimes happens when the cyst is growing the thin wall of the sac can burst cyst contents into the surrounding tissue, the body then mounts an immune response to try and break down and remove the cyst particles and that’s what forms an abscess.
Earlobe Abscess. Incision and drainage of purulent pocket. Cyst contents removed, one-week follow-up. Mr. PopZit 1111
