purpose: to present a case of unilateral epibulbar dermoid cyst in a girl with vacterl syndrome. case report: a 4-year-old girl was referred with a white, soft and painless mass in the inferotemporal limbus of the left eye having presented since birth. the patient was healthy with normal growth. other ocular examinations were normal. systematic review revealed a group of abnormalities including...

Ocular lipodermoid cysts and solid dermoid tumors are choristomas which are described as normal tissue growth in an abnormal location. Congenital epibulbar lipodermoid comprises adipose tissue that is covered by connective tissue. They are usually located superotemporally, and basically tend not to involve the peripheral cornea. If the dermoid or lipodermoid is accompanied by other systemic con...

Oculoectodermal syndrome is a rare disease characterized by the association of aplasia cutis congenita, epibulbar dermoids, and other abnormalities. This report describes the twentieth case of the disease. We report a 4-year-old female child who presented with the classical features of the syndrome: aplasia cutis congenita and epibulbar dermoids. Our case expands the clinical spectrum of the di...

Fhe Oculo-auriculo-vertebral dyspla~ia, described for the first time by Goldenhar 1 is a disorder affecting the structures which develop from I and II branchial archs. It is characterised by epibulbar dermoid cyst and preauricular skin appendages with or without vertebral defects. 2 This syndrome has always been reported in single born babies from India 2-4 but in western literature 3 cases hav...

Dermoid cyst (also called as ‘mature teratoma’) is a type of germ cell tumour. The word ‘teratoma’ derived from Greek work ‘teraton’ meaning monster. It was initially used by Virchow in 1863. term ‘dermoid cyst’ coined Leblanc 1831. majority dermoid cysts are unilateral with equal frequency both ovaries; moreover, bilateral tumours found approximately 10-12% cases and we presented two such ovary.

Dermoid cysts are rare developmental teratomatous lesions composed of ectodermally derived stratified squamous epithelium and mesodermally derived skin adnexal structures. Although several theories have been postulated, the pathogenesis of dermoid cysts and teratomatous lesions in general is unclear. Ovary is the most frequent affected organ, but it can occur in the mediastinum retroperitoneum,...

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...