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dermoid cyst

[¦dər‚mȯid ′sist]
(medicine)
A benign cystic teratoma with skin, skin appendages, and their products as the most prominent components, usually involving the ovary or the skin.
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Laparoscopic right ovarian cystectomy was performed and intraoperative findings of right ovarian dermoid cyst were confirmed on histopathological examination.
A case report of a dermoid cyst undergoing papillary thyroid carcinoma transformation with follicular variant, accompanied with a literature review of 15 cases by Dane C.
Recurrent postauricular dermoid cyst: A case report.
Dermoid cysts were commonest benign OLs followed by hemangiomas.
The right ovary with the mass was untwisted, inoculating of up to 12 dermoid cysts [Figure 3] preserving the remnant ovarian tissue.
Dermoid cysts. (A) Transvaginal pelvic ultrasound of the right adnexa demonstrates a cystic lesion with a focal echogenic nodule protruding into the cyst (Rokitansky nodule) (long arrow) and multiple thin echogenic lines and dots (short arrow).
Most of the lateral neck cysts are benign such as branchial cleft cysts, dermoid cysts, teratoma, epidermoid cysts, and cystic hygromas.
If the dermoid cyst of the right ovary did not exist, we would not have performed emergent surgery.
Konishiet al., "Dermoid cysts of the ovary with malignant transformation: MR appearance," American Journal of Roentgenology, vol.
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