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Bleeding crater with puss-like ball in center below earring hole on ear. wear the same earrings everyday. could it be cancer? if not what is it?
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No: What you describe is the classic sebaceous cyst of the ear lobe. Until the entire cyst wall is removed, drainage alone will allow reaccumulation of sebaceous material and reformation of the cyst. There are never malignant.
Answered 6/21/2014
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