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A carbuncle is a red, swollen, and painful cluster of boils that are connected to each other under the skin. A boil (or furuncle) is an infection of a hair follicle that has a small collection of pus (called an abscess) under the skin.Usually single, a carbuncle is most likely to occur on a hairy area of the body such as the back or nape of the neck.But a carbuncle also can develop in other areas of the body such as the buttocks, thighs, groin, and armpits.sually single, a carbuncle is most likely to occur on a hairy area of the body such as the back or nape of the neck. But a carbuncle also can develop in other areas of the body such as the buttocks, thighs, groin, and armpits.
Whether the pocket of pus is called a boil or a carbuncle depends on its location and size: 1  A boil, also called a furuncle, begins as a painful infection of a single hair follicle. Boils can grow to be larger than a golf ball, and they commonly occur on the buttocks, face, neck, armpits and groin. A carbuncle is a deeper skin infection that involves a group of infected hair follicles in one skin location.