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    An abscess is an inflamed, fluctuant skin infection with fever and tenderness that is treated with incision, drainage and antibiotics. A sebaceous cyst appears as a sac filled with oily material often found on the scalp, ears, face or arms and is treated by excision. A carbuncle inflames multiple hair follicles and is treated with saucerization.

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    An abscess is an inflamed, fluctuant skin infection with fever and tenderness that is treated with incision, drainage and antibiotics. A sebaceous cyst appears as a sac filled with oily material often found on the scalp, ears, face or arms and is treated by excision. A carbuncle inflames multiple hair follicles and is treated with saucerization.

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    TX: Incision and Drainage + Antibiotics TX: Excision TX: Saucerization

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    An abscess is an inflamed, fluctuant skin infection with fever and tenderness that is treated with incision, drainage and antibiotics. A sebaceous cyst appears as a sac filled with oily material often found on the scalp, ears, face or arms and is treated by excision. A carbuncle inflames multiple hair follicles and is treated with saucerization.

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    Skin infection

    1) Abscess – inflammation, fluctuant with punctum, fever, indurated, warm, tender+


    Tx: Incision and drainage + antibiotics
    2) Sebaceous Cyst - sac filled with cheese-like/oily material,often in scalp, ears, face, upper arm
    Tx: Excision
    3) Carbuncle – inflammation of several hair follicles
    Tx: saucerization

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