Epidermoid cysts are common cystic lesions in the skin, ovaries, and testicles, but their occurrence in the oral cavity is uncommon. They consist of cysts delimited by a fibrous capsule without cutaneous annexes and are lined by stratified squamous epithelium. The differential diagnosis includes ranula, dermoid cysts, and lingual thyroid. Despite their benign presentation, these cysts can cause...

Cysts commonly occurring in the neck include thyroglossal cyst and dermoid cysts in the midline, cystic thyroid nodules, branchial cysts and cystic Hygroma in the lateral neck. Hydatid cyst disease is commonly seen in the right lobe of the liver, the lung and rarely in other parts of the body. In general, cysts in the neck are not common in the second decade of life. In this article, we present...

  Background and Objective: Ovarian tumors are among the most frequent pathologic conditions in gynecologic practice and a frequent cause of hospitalization and surgery. The aim of this study was to determine histologic distribution of benign operated masses especially functional ovarian cysts. Material and Methods: Benign ovarian files of operated patients (2961 cases) in 20 tertiary and sec...

Dermoid cysts are common orbital developmental tumors in childhood. They account for 3 to 9% of primary tumors. considered be congenital, but not all them diagnosed at birth. benign choristomas that arise from sequestration ectoderm along the lines embryonic fusion mesodermal processes destined bone. In most cases, lesion is close zygomatic-frontal suture leading a superotemporal subcutaneous m...

Dermoid cyst of the oral floor is rare benign tumour, who having three histological aspects: dermoid, teratoid and epidermoid. This one characterized by presence a squamous stratified epithelium with cutaneous remnants. It may occur in any part body, however their frequency ENT sphere relatively scarce. Seven per cent (7%) only epidermoid cysts cervico-facial area, 1.6% which locate at level. W...

A forehead lipoma is a rare finding in a child, and one that penetrates the underlying layers of muscle and bone to attach to dura has not previously been reported. Two such cases, both in children who underwent uneventful deliveries aided by forceps, are presented. Both lesions were present at birth and, based on clinical findings, were originally thought to be dermoid cysts. Dermoid cysts cou...

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 ...

OBJECTIVE To review our experience with foregut duplication cysts of the anterior tongue, an unusual and rarely encountered mass in this location. DESIGN A retrospective review of patients with anterior tongue foregut duplication cysts identified between 1990 and 2000. SETTING Academic, tertiary care children's medical center. PATIENTS Six pediatric patients (5 boys and 1 girl) ranging in...

Epidermoid and dermoid cysts represent less than 0.01% of all oral cavity cysts. The cysts can be defined as epidermoid when the lining presents only epithelium, dermoid cysts when skin adnexa are found, and teratoid cysts when other tissue such as muscle, cartilage, and bone are present.In this article, we present the case of an epidermoid cyst, with an oral as well as a submental component, i...

If a pediatric abdominal mass is not organomegaly or colonic stool, narrowing the diagnostic possibilities may be difficult, especially in resource-poor areas where ancillary tests and treatment options may be limited. A 2-year-old girl was brought to the rural Kintampo Municipal Hospital in Ghana with a freely moveable, non-tender abdominal mass. A huge mesenteric dermoid cyst was surgically r...