28 Medical Pics That Prove The Body Keeps The Score, And Sometimes It’s Absolutely Terrifying

In an unusual surgery, doctors in Bengaluru removed a bulging growth from a woman’s head that resembled a “sack of marbles.”

The medical term for these globules is dermoid cysts. They are essentially tissue spheres that form from embryonic cells and may contain “hair, teeth, or nerves.”

These globules can appear anywhere on the body, including one’s ovaries and various areas of the head and neck.

Dermoid cysts are often harmless, but they don’t resolve on their own and need to be removed surgically.