Epidermal cyst: a case review

Authors

  • Renato Lamounier Barbieri UNINOVE, São Paulo
  • Alexandre Hideo Kajita
  • Gabriela Matielo Galli
  • Karyne Flório Mediotti
  • Paulo Augusto Cozar Figueiredo
  • Thiago Martins Fontes
  • Suely de Fátima Parreira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5585/conssaude.v5i1.438

Keywords:

Cisto. Cisto epidérmico. Histologia. Histopatologia.

Abstract

Epidermal cysts, also named cutaneous cysts, are extremely frequent tumors that would need surgical attention. Mostly, due to their quite pathognomonic clinical presentation and indolent course, they are simply enucleated. Usually the clinical diagnosis is easily confirmed at surgery by the typical appearance of a cystic formation filled with a creamy fluid. It is frequent for such “typical” lesions to escape from histological investigation following removal. However, this case report of an epidermal cyst on the scalp goes beyond, producing a histopathological analysis by laboratorial routine techniques that revealed a typical white rounded cyst, filled by keratin sheet, lined by a squamous stratified epithelium and surrounded by a dense regular connective tissue capsule.

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Author Biography

Renato Lamounier Barbieri, UNINOVE, São Paulo

Professor Doutor do Depto. de Saúde da UNINOVE; Pós-doutorando no Departamento de Histologia e Embriologia do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas - ICB/USP

Published

2008-01-17

How to Cite

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Barbieri RL, Kajita AH, Galli GM, Mediotti KF, Figueiredo PAC, Fontes TM, et al. Epidermal cyst: a case review. Cons. Saúde [Internet]. 2008 Jan. 17 [cited 2024 Jul. 17];5(1):115-20. Available from: https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/438

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