Orbial dermoid cyst: Clinical scenario

Retrorectal Dermoid Cyst: a Rare Clinical Entity

The retrorectal space represents the anatomical site at which level we identify the embryologic reminiscents in which it can develop liquid tumors - cysts or solid tumors - neoplasia. These tumors are rare but pose a diagnostic and therapeutic interest. This paper presents the case of a young 18 years-old diagnosed incidentally at a gynecological examination, with a palpable tumor developed, at...

[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...

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 ...

Ruptured intracranial dermoid cyst.

I ntracranial dermoid cystic tumors account for <1% of all intracranial masses. Dermoids are nonneoplastic, congenital ectodermal inclusion cysts that contain varying amounts of ectoderm derivatives to include apocrine, sweat, and sebaceous cysts as well as hair follicles, squamous epithelium, and possibly teeth. Th ey are not to be confused with an epidermoid cyst, which contains only squamous...