Gigantic occipital epidermal cyst in a 56-year-old female:A case report
作者机构:Department of NeurosurgeryThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Medical UniversityXi'an 710038Shaanxi ProvinceChina
出 版 物:《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)
年 卷 期:2024年第12卷第6期
页 面:1169-1173页
核心收录:
学科分类:1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学]
主 题:Epidermal cyst Occipital Brain Cyst Case report
摘 要:BACKGROUND Gigantic epidermal cysts(GECs)are rare benign skin appendicular tumours also known as *** have a high incidence and their wall is made up of *** cysts can occur in any part of the skin;clinical manifestations include skin colour hemispherical swelling;cystic;mobile;0.5 cm to several centimetres in diameter;and slow *** SUMMARY Herein,we report a case involving a 56-year-old female with a GEC in the *** July 25,2023,a patient with a GEC was admitted to the neurosurgery Department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi an Medical *** phyma was shown to be a solid mass during the operation and was confirmed to be a GEC based on pathological *** Epidermal cysts are common cystic nodules on the surface of the body,the aetiology is unclear,the clinical manifestations can vary,and the misdiagnosis rate is ***,giant epidermal cysts are *** most cases,however,the prognosis is *** paper analyses and summarizes the population,location,clinical and pathological characteristics and pathogenesis of the disease to strengthen the understanding of this disease and improve the accuracy of clinical diagnosis.