epidermoid cyst

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epidermoid cyst

[‚ep·ə′dər‚mȯid ′sist]

(medicine)

A cyst lined by stratified squamous epithelium without associated cutaneous glands.

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Successful management of a giant primary epidermoid cyst arising in the labia majora.

The largest epidermal cyst with vitiligo lesions following female genital mutilation: a case report and literature review

It provides a definite diagnosis Benign solid tumors (*) Epidermoid cyst Recommended in cases of indeterminate sonographic findings.

Sonographically indeterminate scrotal masses: how MRI helps in characterization

The most common choristomas of the orbit are dermoid and epidermoid cysts. Other orbital choristomas include those arising from lacrimal, adipose, cartilage, bone, and brain [1] as well as enterogenous [2] rests.

Respiratory Epithelial Orbital Cyst: A Case Report and Literature Review

Sublingual epidermoid cyst are rarely seen and extraoral surgical approach can be performed according to the location and size of the mass.

Extraoral approach of the surgical treatment of sublingual epidermoid cyst: A case report

Intrascrotal epidermoid cyst with extension into the pelvis.

A case of epidermoid median raphe cyst traversing the corpora cavernosa

Akdeniz, "Giant vulvar epidermoid cyst in an adolescent girl," Case Reports in Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol.

Clinician's Update on the Benign, Premalignant, and Malignant Skin Tumours of the Vulva: The Dermatologist's View

Dermoid cysts are unusual neoplasms that often present in childhood, with the orbit being the area most commonly affected in the head and neck region.13 The causes of both epidermoid and dermoid cysts include failure of surface ectoderm to separate from underlying structures, sequestration and implantation of surface ectoderm.14 Most congenital dermoid and epidermoid cysts probably arise due to an embryologic accident during the early stages of development, between 3 and 5 weeks of gestation.

MIDLINE CLEFT OF LOWER LIP: REVIEW AND CASE REPORTS

MRI scan lumbo-sacral area done from tertiary care center revealed un-ruptured epidermoid cyst in subcutaneous plane without any connection with underlying deeper tissues or spinal cord in lumbo-sacral area.

HUGE EPIDERMAL CYST - A UNIQUE PRESENTATION

Diffusion-weighted MR imaging (DWI) in two intradural spinal epidermoid cysts. Neuroradiology 2012;54:1235-6.

Epidermoid tumor with tethered cord/Epidermoid tumor ve tethered kord birlikteligi

Buettner, "Squamous cell carcinoma arising in an intradiploic epidermoid cyst," Neuroradiology, vol.

Orbital epidermoid cysts: A diagnosis to consider

It turned out to be a rare tumour called an epidermoid cyst which, while benign, had caused all the mental health problems Emma had suffered.

Tumour made me see flying dinosaurs; REAL LIVES JANET TANSLEY talks to the woman who lost six stones after brain operation

Epidermoid cyst occurring in a pancreatic accessory spleen.

Spleen-preserving surgery in treatment of large mesothelial splenic cyst in children--a case report and review of the literature