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  eMedicine - Dermoid Cyst : Article by Robert A Schwartz
In dermatology and pediatrics, dermoid cysts are relatively uncommon.
Dermoid cysts that are congenital and localized on the neck, head, or trunk are usually visible at birth.
For neurosurgeons, dermoid cysts are associated with congenital cysts of the spine or intracranial cysts.
www.emedicine.com /derm/topic686.htm   (3613 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Dermoid cyst
If the dermoid cysts appear on the medial aspect, the possibility of an encephalocele becomes greater and should be considered among the differential diagnosis.
A small dermoid cyst on the head (skull sutures, and midline: sinus, nose, palate, tongue, under the tongue, etc.) or the coccyx can be difficult to distinguish from a pilonidal cyst.
Marsupialization, a surgical technique often used to treat pilonidal cyst, is inappropriate for dermoid cyst due to the risk of malignancy.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Dermoid_cyst   (427 words)

  
  Jornal is … » Blog Archive » Cyst dermoid ovarian ovary
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jornalis.com /2006/12/01/cyst-dermoid-ovarian-ovary   (785 words)

  
 Ear, Nose, and Throat - Dermoid Cyst
A dermoid cyst is a pocket or cavity under the skin that contains tissues normally present in the outer layers of the skin.
Dermoid cysts are usually found on the head or neck, and sometimes on the face.
A dermoid cyst is a congenital defect (present from birth) that occurs during embryonic development when the skin layers do not properly grow together.
www.musckids.com /health_library/ent/dermcyst.htm   (382 words)

  
 Dermoid Cyst
A dermoid cyst is a pocket or cavity under the skin that contains tissues normally present in the outer layers of the skin.
Dermoid cysts are usually found on the head or neck, and sometimes on the face.
A dermoid cyst is a congenital defect (present from birth) that occurs during embryonic development when the skin layers do not properly grow together.
www.healthsystem.virginia.edu /uvahealth/peds_ent/dermcyst.cfm   (394 words)

  
 Dorlands Medical Dictionary
a cyst in the wall of a seminal vesicle; it may be congenital and associated with other urinary tract anomalies, or acquired such as secondary to obstruction of the vesicle.
a cyst in the neck caused by persistence of portions of, or by lack of closure of, the primitive thyroglossal duct.
a cyst of the remnants of the wolffian (mesonephric) duct.
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 Dermoid Cysts
The dermoid cyst is one which may appear on any area of the body and afflicts both men and women.
The first question that should be answered is what a dermoid cyst really is. The dermoid cyst is a non-cancerous tumor or growth which appears in any region throughout the body, although it is more likely to appear in places such as the face, neck and scalp.
I had a dermoid cyst removed by my doctor who said it was quite large and may have burst from previous attempts at "popping it." I had a friend try his best to get it but it only made the thing protrude out further and grow in size.
www.ultimate-cosmetics.com /beauty/skin_disorders/dermoid-cysts.html   (1652 words)

  
 Go Ask Alice!: Dermoid cyst   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Dermoid cysts are benign tumors that contain nails, teeth, bone, hair, cartilage, and/or other tissues, and can be filled with a fatty substance.
Dermoid cysts of the ovary are fairly common and most often affect young women around the age of 30.
Depending on the position of the cyst within the ovary, it may be necessary to remove a portion of or the entire ovary.
www.goaskalice-cms.org /scripts/printerfriendly.cfm?questionid=2584   (482 words)

  
 DeRmoID CYST OF THE TESTIS
The incidence of dermoid cyst is unknown, and its rarity may be due to lack of clinical criteria to establish a preoperative diagnosis and the fact that some cases are grouped under mature teratoma.
Dermoid cyst of the testis should be suspected in a child or adult with a painless testicular mass which has not enlarged for some time.
Dermoid cyst of the testis is filled with sebum and contains sebaceous glands, hair follicles and sometimes sweat and apocrine glands in its fibrous stroma.
www.kfshrc.edu.sa /annals/176/97-025.html   (879 words)

  
 RRCUS - Dermoid Sinus in the Rhodesian Ridgeback
Dermoid sinuses are not alike in their makeup and it is impossible to tell which ones are easily removed or which ones go to the spine.
Dermoid sinuses have been detected on other parts of the body, but are not as commonly seen as on the midline of the spine.
Dermoid sinus (D.S.) was first used to describe the Rhodesian Ridgeback skin anomaly by Steyn, et al.
www.rrcus.org /assets/html/breedinfo/dermoid/dermoid.htm   (2026 words)

  
 Dermoid Cyst Removal
A dermoid cyst is a saclike growth that is present at birth.
These dermoid cysts can be removed with either conventional surgery or laparoscopy (surgery that uses small incisions and specially designed instruments to enter the abdomen or pelvis).
Dermoid cysts of the spinal cord: A sinus tract, which is a narrow connection from a deep pit in the skin, usually connects these very rare cysts to the skin surface.
www.emedicinehealth.com /dermoid_cyst_removal/article_em.htm   (300 words)

  
 Dermoid Cyst - Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
A dermoid cyst is a pocket or cavity under the skin that contains tissues normally present in the outer layers of the skin.
Dermoid cysts are usually found on the head or neck, and sometimes on the face.
A dermoid cyst is a congenital defect (present from birth) that occurs during embryonic development when the skin layers do not properly grow together.
www.lpch.org /diseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/ent/dermcyst.html   (456 words)

  
 RRCUS - Dermoid Sinus in the Rhodesian Ridgeback
The dermoid sinus (D.S.) has been known by many names, a few of which are dermoid cyst, hair cyst, and African cyst.
Dermoid sinuses are not alike in their makeup and it is impossible to tell which ones are easily removed or which ones go to the spine.
Dermoid sinuses have been detected on other parts of the body, but are not as commonly seen as on the midline of the spine.
rrcus.org /assets/html/breedinfo/dermoid/dermoid.htm   (2036 words)

  
 Dermoid cyst of the ovary definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms easily defined on ...
A dermoid cyst develops from a totipotential germ cell (a primary oocyte) that is retained within the egg sac (ovary).
Dermoid cysts may occur at any age but the prime age of detection is in the childbearing years.
The larger the dermoid cyst, the greater the risk of rupture with spillage of the greasy contents which can create problems with adhesions, pain etc. Although the large majority (about 98%) of these tumors are benign, the remaining fraction (about 2%) becomes cancerous (malignant).
www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2960   (355 words)

  
 Dermoid cysts. DermNet NZ
Dermoid cysts of the skin appear in early childhood, with about 40% present at birth and most appearing by the age of 5 years.
Dermoid cysts in other parts of the body, such as within the skull, spine or abdominal cavity particularly the ovaries, may present at any time in people of all ages.
Dermoid cysts in other parts of the body such as intracranial cysts, intraspinal cysts, intra-abdominal cysts and cystic tumours of the ovary may be difficult to treat and require special surgical techniques to remove the lesion and prevent possible complications.
www.dermnetnz.org /lesions/dermoid-cyst.html   (316 words)

  
 Dermoid Sinus
The Dermoid Sinus is a sinus, which connects the skin with the dura mater (outer covering of the spinal cord) in the vertebral canal or other structures in the area.
Dermoid Sinus is classified into 4 types depending on the depth to which it penetrates, with Type I penetrating only through the skin and Type IV reaching the spinal cord (this is rare).
This study was prompted by a similar study on the effect of Vitamin supplementation in pregnant women and its effect on the incidence of neural tube defects (conditions in humans similar to DS in Ridgebacks, eg.
www.nambala.com /Pages/AboutTheBreed_DermoidSinus.htm   (565 words)

  
 dermoid cyst   (Site not responding. Last check: )
A dermoid cyst is a type of benign tumor (not, repeat not, cancerous).
Dermoid cysts may contain a jumble of glandular tissue, hair follicles, hair shafts, fatty and connective tissues.
If your child is suspected to have a dermoid cyst, a CT scan will usually be done to rule out any extension of the mass through the skull.
www.drhull.com /EncyMaster/D/dermoid.html   (95 words)

  
 Go Ask Alice!: Dermoid cyst
Dermoid cysts are benign tumors that contain nails, teeth, bone, hair, cartilage, and/or other tissues, and can be filled with a fatty substance.
Dermoid cysts of the ovary are fairly common and most often affect young women around the age of 30.
Depending on the position of the cyst within the ovary, it may be necessary to remove a portion of or the entire ovary.
www.goaskalice.columbia.edu /2584.html   (545 words)

  
 Symptoms of Dermoid cyst - WrongDiagnosis.com
Note that Dermoid cyst symptoms usually refers to various symptoms known to a patient, but the phrase Dermoid cyst signs may refer to those signs only noticable by a doctor.
When considering symptoms of Dermoid cyst, it is also important to consider Dermoid cyst as a possible cause of other medical conditions.
This signs and symptoms information for Dermoid cyst has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Dermoid cyst signs or Dermoid cyst symptoms.
www.wrongdiagnosis.com /d/dermoid_cyst/symptoms.htm   (535 words)

  
 Midline Submental Epidermoid Cyst
Epidermoid cysts of the neck are much less common than dermoid cysts in the head and neck, most often they are located in the submental region.
Most dermoid cysts in the oral cavity floor are derived from epithelial debris or rests, enclaved during midline closure of the bilateral first and second branchial arches.
Dermoid and epidermoid cysts are developmental pathologies that occur in the head and neck with an incidence of 6.9-7% [
www.ispub.com /ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijorl/vol4n2/cyst.xml   (1909 words)

  
 Women's Surgery Group
These "functional" cysts are normal, naturally occurring structures that will almost always spontaneously resolve if left alone.
Dermoids are the most common ovarian tumors encountered by the gynecologist.
Appearance of the left ovary greatly enlarged by a dermoid tumor in a 17 year-old girl.
www.womenssurgerygroup.com /conditions/OvarianCysts/photos.asp   (464 words)

  
 Dermoid Cyst | Home remedy and Natural Herbal Cure for Dermoid Cyst
Dermoid Cyst is a benign type of ovarian tumor normally present at birth.
There are no sex prediction about dermoid cysts if dermoid cyst is of the ovary then it is mostly occurs to the female.
Dermoid Cyst is seen at the sites of fusion of branchial clefts and develops due to inclusion of embryonic epidermal structures in the subcutaneous tissue.
www.skin-disease.org /disorders/dermoid-cyst.htm   (260 words)

  
 Health
Dermoid Sinuses are narrow tube-like structures, which are derived from a skin defect.
Dermoid Sinus is a congenital defect that arises from a defect in the development of the embryo of a puppy.
Dermoid Sinuses occur when small areas of attachment between the outer layer of cells (the skin) and the tubular structure (later to become the brain and the spinal cord) remain.
www.madahiro.no /health.html   (1689 words)

  
 Epidermoid & dermoid cyst
The cyst is almost always superficial, producing a sessile nodule with a white or yellow-white discoloration (Figures 1 and 2); the occasional deeper lesions may show a normal color.
The larger "dermoid cyst" is usually found in the oral floor midline above the mylohyoid muscle, although the occasional dumbbell-shaped cyst will penetrate through a hiatus in the muscle and extend into the submental area, possibly imparting a double chin appearance (Figure 3).
Occasional cysts have contained fungi, bacteria or necrotic food debris in their lumina, and darkly hematoxylophilic precipitated salts (dystrophic calcification) may be seen within the necrosed keratin.
www.maxillofacialcenter.com /BondBook/softtissue/epidcyst.html   (885 words)

  
 Mucous cyst
Mucous cyst is a painless, danger of rupturing, transparent structure on the inner surface of lip.
This cyst is like balloon filled with fluid which is flesh colored and present in distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints.
Mucous cyst is usually occur in patients 50 to 70 years old.
www.skin-disease.org /disorders/mucous-cyst.htm   (92 words)

  
 DermAtlas: Online Dermatology Image Library dermatology image,cyst, dermoid,malformation, congenital,cyst, ...
The histology of this dermoid cyst is classic while the clinical presentation is somewhat unusual.
Dermoid cysts usually are submitted from infants around the eyes.
At surgery a 6 X 5 cm dermoid cyst was excised intact, and the patient experienced no loss of levator function.
dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu /derm/result.cfm?Diagnosis=24   (659 words)

  
 Ovarian Dermoid Cyst In A Bitch - WSAVA 2002
The diagnosis was dermoid cyst, a special form of cystic teratoma.
A special form of cystic teratoma is the dermoid cyst that has not been reported frequently.
In our case, the bitch having a dermoid cyst in the ovary with a functional corpora lutea developed a normal gestation farrowing nine normal pups, confirming the ovarian hormonal activity.
www.vin.com /proceedings/Proceedings.plx?CID=WSAVA2002&PID=2900   (677 words)

  
 Unusual Imaging Appearance of an Intracranial Dermoid Cyst -- Brown et al. 22 (10): 1970 -- American Journal of ...
present a case of a posterior fossa dermoid cyst that was not
Danaila L, Carp N. Dermoid tumor of the fourth ventricle with hyperdense aspect demonstrated on CT: a case report.
Drolshagen LF, Standefer M. Dense dermoid cyst of the posterior fossa.
www.ajnr.org /cgi/content/full/22/10/1970   (1281 words)

  
 Pictures of Facial Dermoid Cyst  * Otolaryngology Houston
AP and lateral plain films showing a metallic foreign body in the upper esophagus.  Most foreign bodies are found at the level of the cricopharyngeus muscle.
This dermoid cyst was a painless, superficial, soft mass of the face, not attached to the body of the mandible.  It had been slowly growing for about ten years.
The dermoid cyst was excised while monitoring the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve.
www.ghorayeb.com /DermoidCyst.html   (95 words)

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