Bump on toe with clear gel like fluid

I have a small, raised bump on the top of my middle toe. About once a month it comes to a 'head' and a clear gel like fluid drains from it. I thought it might be a corn but I have not found any information stating that corns contain any fluid. What is it?

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It sounds perhaps like a mucoid-filled sac of some sort, perhaps caused by either an external or internal irritant. Although not to exclusion, it is not uncommon that in diabetics and those with atrophic skin that fluid-filled cysts and even purulent pockets are created between the dead keratotic overgrowth of the corn and the living tissue beneath.

I would recommend seeing a podiatrist before it has come to a "head" for observation and drainage in its "virgin" state so that a culturing and/or obtaining of the exudate for microscopic observation if appropriate can be done, and hopefully a specific diagnosis and etiology established. I would not recommend home self-drainage and especially not without adequate aseptic procedures being adhere to.

Hi, if the "little sac" appears at the area of where the joint closest to the nail is, it may well be a myxoid cyst. There seems to be 2 areas of thought about how this type of cyst arises. The first being that due to arthritic changes the joint capsule becomes comprimised and joint fluid seeps out. The second suggests that it is not this at all and that it simply is the more common type of cyst. I have treated a number of these cysts over the years and personally agree with the first theory. Therefore I believe it is important for you to see a Podiatrist to drain the cyst. Success can be but is not always instant and the cyst fills time and again , but I believe it must be drained otherwise it distorts the shape of the nail. It is my understanding that the myxoid cyst has no sinister underlying pathology.

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A myxoid cyst would certainly be a consideration. Here are a couple of examples which might help you in a lay identification. But leave a definitive diagnosis up to your podiatrist.

i have the same to but mines little and it is clear and first time i saw it i poped it and this fluid came out and idk what it was so i just ignored it and it came back to normal then idk how many months it has been when it appeared again