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Could cancer cause a pilonidal cyst?
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No: If there's a little cancer in your pilonidal cyst (and it can happen, though unlikely, if things have been bad there for a while), the pathologist will find it.
Answered 2/6/2014
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Not typically. : But in very rare cases a chronic inflammation (like from a pilonidal cyst) can result in skin damage which could turn into cancer.
Answered 5/4/2017
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Not likely: Cancer is not in general related to a pilonidal cyst formation
Answered 5/4/2017
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