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What is a harmless cyst vs a malignant cyst?
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Cyst: cysts can be benign (not cancer) or cancerous (malignant). Even benign cysts can harm-for example, they can cause pain, rupture, bleeding, infection etc so I would not necessarily use the word-harmless.
Answered 10/17/2015
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