Characteristics of Dermoid Cyst of the Auricle

Characteristics of Dermoid Cyst of the Auricle

BACKGROUND Dermoid cysts of the auricular area are extremely rare. We report on six cases of auricular dermoid and epidermoid cyst, and differentiate dermoid cyst from epidermal cyst along with a review of the literature. METHODS Three cases involved a gradually enlarging mass of the superior and anterior aspect of the helix of their ear. Another two cases were located in the posterior aspect...

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Dermoid Cyst

a Mahomedan male patient, about 50 yeais ol age, who came from the village of Kalupura in the district of Backergatij, to be rid of a large swelling which lie ''ad earned aboot on the right side of liis head, according to him tor the best part of M years. There was nothing of special interest in the past history of the case except a rather vague account of some injury to the head, received when...

A Case of Dermoid Cyst

was fluctuating, so evidently contained fluid, and as it had recently become painful, presumably pus. A long incision was made through the tumour, and a large quantity of pus was evacuated, mixed with which was a lot of short hair, like a handful of cropped hair on washing out the cavity, it was found to contain three or four long hairs, whose roots wore firmly fixed to the base of the tumour. ...

A Giant Dermoid Cyst

swelling had been present as long as he could remember, but it was not possible to ascertain with certainty whether or not it was present at birth, that is to say whether it was truly congenital. It had grown slowly and painlessly all his life, but with some increased rapidity during the previous four months. Concealed as it was in the hair (Badagas do not cut the hair of the head), and by the ...