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Epidermoid cyst: Clinical and surgical case report

2017; Medknow; Volume: 7; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4103/ams.ams_68_16

ISSN

2231-0746

Autores

José Carlos Garcia de Mendonça, Éllen Cristina Gaetti Jardim, Cauê Monteiro dos Santos, Danilo Chizzolini Masocatto, Diones Calado de Quadros, Murilo Moura Oliveira, Juliana Andrade Macena, Fernando Ribeiro Teixeira,

Tópico(s)

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Resumo

The epidermoid cyst is a development cyst, skin, filled with keratin and imprisoned by stratified squamous epithelium similar to skin. They are more frequent in males. Clinically presenting as flabby, prevalent over the face, neck and back. They are usually asymptomatic and its etiology is directly linked to trauma, as well as the imprisonment of epithelial rests during embryonic fusion. This study aims to present a case report of a patient 54 years old, with an epidermal cyst in the face, which was treated surgically.

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