Epidermoid Cysts of Head and Neck Region: Case Series and Review of Literature

Epidermoid and dermoid cysts are hamartomas localized on the neck, head, or trunk, usually visible at birth. In some instances, careful medical examination may help to find most epidermoid and dermoid cysts. Ambiguity about their exact pathogenesis exists and dysontogenetic, traumatic, and thyroglos...

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Autores principales: Sunil,S, Oommen,Neetu, Rathy,R, Rekha,V. R, Raj,Divya, Sruthy,V. K
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Publicado: Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina 2014
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-381X20140002000032014-11-05Epidermoid Cysts of Head and Neck Region: Case Series and Review of LiteratureSunil,SOommen,NeetuRathy,RRekha,V. RRaj,DivyaSruthy,V. K cutaneous cyst embryonic keratin Epidermoid and dermoid cysts are hamartomas localized on the neck, head, or trunk, usually visible at birth. In some instances, careful medical examination may help to find most epidermoid and dermoid cysts. Ambiguity about their exact pathogenesis exists and dysontogenetic, traumatic, and thyroglossal anomaly theories have been postulated. Histopathologically epidermoid cysts have a cystic capsule lined with thin stratified epithelium. Surgical excision though completes the treatment, complications have been reported. We report three cases of epidermoid cyst on the maxillofacial region.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessUniversidad de La Frontera. Facultad de MedicinaInternational journal of odontostomatology v.8 n.2 20142014-09-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-381X2014000200003en10.4067/S0718-381X2014000200003
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topic cutaneous cyst
embryonic
keratin
spellingShingle cutaneous cyst
embryonic
keratin
Sunil,S
Oommen,Neetu
Rathy,R
Rekha,V. R
Raj,Divya
Sruthy,V. K
Epidermoid Cysts of Head and Neck Region: Case Series and Review of Literature
description Epidermoid and dermoid cysts are hamartomas localized on the neck, head, or trunk, usually visible at birth. In some instances, careful medical examination may help to find most epidermoid and dermoid cysts. Ambiguity about their exact pathogenesis exists and dysontogenetic, traumatic, and thyroglossal anomaly theories have been postulated. Histopathologically epidermoid cysts have a cystic capsule lined with thin stratified epithelium. Surgical excision though completes the treatment, complications have been reported. We report three cases of epidermoid cyst on the maxillofacial region.
author Sunil,S
Oommen,Neetu
Rathy,R
Rekha,V. R
Raj,Divya
Sruthy,V. K
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Oommen,Neetu
Rathy,R
Rekha,V. R
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title Epidermoid Cysts of Head and Neck Region: Case Series and Review of Literature
title_short Epidermoid Cysts of Head and Neck Region: Case Series and Review of Literature
title_full Epidermoid Cysts of Head and Neck Region: Case Series and Review of Literature
title_fullStr Epidermoid Cysts of Head and Neck Region: Case Series and Review of Literature
title_full_unstemmed Epidermoid Cysts of Head and Neck Region: Case Series and Review of Literature
title_sort epidermoid cysts of head and neck region: case series and review of literature
publisher Universidad de La Frontera. Facultad de Medicina
publishDate 2014
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