 Very rarely a cyst may be so large that it prevents a clinician from performing a pap smear, in which case the clinician may puncture the cyst with a needle and drain it.If nabothian cysts occur with chronic cervicitis (inflammation of the cervix) then the underlying cause of the inflammation must be treated.Nabothian cysts are also known as nabothian follicles, mucinous retention cysts, or epithelial inclusion cysts.