Large Post-rectal Dermoid

Large Dermoid Cyst Presenting as Recurrent Pancreatitis

Pancreatic dermoid cysts are rare and benign congenital abnormalities of germ cell origin. They occur equally in males and females without age predilection. Though radiographic imaging aids in the diagnosis, most times they are inconclusive and require fine-needle aspiration cytology for confirmation. We report the first case of a dermoid cyst presenting as recurrent pancreatitis in a 49-year-o...

Excision of a large orbital dermoid cyst.

T. J., a male Ceylon Tamil aged 15, was admitted to the General Hospital, Colombo, on April 29, 1952, on account of a tumour growing within the right orbit. The tumour had been noted when he was one year old and had been growing steadily larger, the sight of the right eye having been impaired for the last 7 years. Examination.-A soft, fluctuant, oval mass bulged forwards under the right upper e...

Laparoscopic repair of a rectal fistula due to a benign ovarian dermoid cyst

Ovarian dermoid cysts are one of the most common benign neoplasms in women. Rectal fistula formation due to an ovarian dermoid cyst, particularly a benign dermoid cyst, is extremely rare. A 17-year-old girl with symptoms of lower abdominal pain, passage of sebaceous materials in the stool, and hematochezia was found to have an 11-cm dermoid cyst complicated with a rectal fistula formation. Lapa...

[Dermoid cyst].

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...