BACKGROUND Lumps arising in the head and neck constitute an important diagnostic category in children. As malignancy in this age group is relatively rare, lumps that are not due to inflammatory or infective causes often prove to be cysts. Correct diagnoses of the different subcutaneous lumps are often missed because of the lack of recognition or uncertainty with management. OBJECTIVES The pur...

The etiology of malignant transformation in epidermal inclusion cysts remains uncertain. Chronic irritation of the lesion has been frequently suggested as a triggering factor. Due to the infrequency of malignant changes, not all epidermal inclusion cysts are routinely excised, and not all excised cysts are sent to pathologists for accurate examination. In summary, despite the rarity of malignan...

Epidermal cyst of the skin, also referred to as epidermoid or infundibular cyst, is a common benign cystic lesion and is thought to occur from damage to the pilosebaceous units [1]. This kind of lesion is unilocular, histopathologically lined by a stratified squamous epithelium containing a granular layer, and filled with laminated and/or basket-weave keratin within the cyst, which is believed ...

Abstract A 1.5-year-old male Iberian lynx born in captivity presented with a 2.2 cm exophytic nodular alopecic mass at the left tarsus medial aspect, before being released into wild. The lesion had keratinised material protruding through 1.2 pore, forming cutaneous horn. Histopathology revealed cystic dermo-epidermal lined by psoriasiform hyperplasia of epithelium, thicker base cyst, together a...

Epidermal cysts are very common lesions. Here we present the unusual case of an epidermal cyst occurring between the anal sphincters, presenting as a lump in the perineum. This was successfully excised with careful dissection of the intersphincteric plane. To our knowledge this is the only case of its kind reported in the literature.

A wide range of inflammatory as well neoplastic lesions can present cutaneous and subcutaneous swellings all over the body. FNAC (Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology) is considered to be first reliable technique for diagnosing them. To assess cytological spectrum presenting skin swellings. It was an observational study conducted in Department Pathology, Govt. Medical College, Jammu. performed on pa...

Introduction. A peritoneal inclusion cyst is a very rare mesenteric cyst of mesothelial origin usually asymptomatic. A rare case of an 82-year-old white Caucasian female with a femoral hernia containing a large peritoneal inclusion cyst, mimicking strangulated hernia, is presented herein. Case Presentation. The patient was admitted to our hospital suffering from a palpable groin mass on the rig...

Epidermal cysts are common skin lesions but they occur very rarely in the oral cavity, especially in the salivary glands. Very few cases have been reported in the literature and, here, we present one such rare case of epidermal cyst in the right parotid gland in a 62-year-old female patient.