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After using mometasone cream on an itchy sebaceous cyst for 5 days, it became bigger and red and painful. what are your possible diagnoses?

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Dr. Krishna Narayanan answered

Infection: Possibility of infection. Please have it evaluated by your physician.

Answered 5/21/2020

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A member asked:

After using mometasone cream on an itchy sebaceous cyst for 5 days, it became bigger and red and painful. what are your possible diagnoses?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Krishna Narayanan answered

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