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Could falling on tailbone really hard contribute to a pilonidal cyst?
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NO: Trauma is not the origin of Pilonidal disease
Answered 4/11/2016
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Solid movable lump by tailbone. Feels like rubber. About the size of a raw bean. There's a pit but is it a lipoma or pilonidal cyst?
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I have a small pea sized movable lump on my tailbone under my skin. Noticed it about 2 years ago. Not painful or red. Pilonidal cyst? Chordoma?
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Is it possible that my pilonidal cyst is just a collection of hair and skin debris causing a solid movable lump under the skin by the tailbone?
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