IOTW: Pilodinal cyst with echogenic fat
Posted on: November 19, 2018, by : Carrie Ng
Pt is a teen with a clinical presentation of a pilonidal cyst with abscess.
It’s interesting because you see the very bright structures in the far field: that’s echogenic fat that can often clump in these collections.
Often we think of hyperechoic structures being bone, but these are not teeth for example since they don’t shadow as bone would.
So thankfully it’s not a teratoma.
The abscess was addressed by surgery and a drain was put in.
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