Objective: To report our preliminary experience with a retroauricular hairline incision (RAHI) for excision of second branchial cleft cysts (SBCC) and to present a relevant literature review. Study design: Retrospective case series. Methods: A retrospective chart review was conducted of two consecutive patients diagnosed with SBCC who underwent surgical removal via a RAHI. Relevant demographic,...

A 42-year-old male renal transplant recipient on ciclosporin and steroid developed multiple enlarging nodulocystic lesions on face, neck and retroauricular regions. The lesions had never been present before renal transplant but occurred around 3 months after the operation and had increased in size in recent few months. Examination revealed multiple soft nontender cystic lesions on both sides of...

Epidermal inclusion cysts are very common lesions that very rarely undergo malignant transformation-in the English-language literature we have only found 18 adequately documented cases. We present the case of a man with a 2-month history of a retroauricular skin lesion in which histological study revealed squamous cell carcinoma arising on an epidermal inclusion cyst. Cysts that grow rapidly, r...

On scalp hair examination, there were multiple white‐to‐brownish, firm‐to‐hard, 2–3 mm sized nodules distributed at irregular interval and encircling the hair shaft completely [Figure 1]. The nodules could not be slid over the hair shaft. Moreover, structures resembling nits were seen in the retroauricular area. Hair pull test and tug test were negative. Scalp was otherwise normal with no signs...