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==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
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*Spinal dermoid cysts commonly affect individuals in their second or third decades of life.<ref name="pmid23508636">{{cite journal| author=Sharma M, Mally R, Velho V| title=Ruptured conus medullaris dermoid cyst with fat droplets in the central canal [corrected]. | journal=Asian Spine J | year= 2013 | volume= 7 | issue= 1 | pages= 50-4 | pmid=23508636 | doi=10.4184/asj.2013.7.1.50 | pmc=PMC3596585 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23508636 }} </ref> | *Spinal dermoid cysts commonly affect individuals in their second or third decades of life.<ref name="pmid23508636">{{cite journal| author=Sharma M, Mally R, Velho V| title=Ruptured conus medullaris dermoid cyst with fat droplets in the central canal [corrected]. | journal=Asian Spine J | year= 2013 | volume= 7 | issue= 1 | pages= 50-4 | pmid=23508636 | doi=10.4184/asj.2013.7.1.50 | pmc=PMC3596585 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23508636 }} </ref><ref name="pmid28336475">{{cite journal |vauthors=Childress KJ, Santos XM, Perez-Milicua G, Hakim J, Adeyemi-Fowode O, Bercaw-Pratt JL, Dietrich JE |title=Intraoperative Rupture of Ovarian Dermoid Cysts in the Pediatric and Adolescent Population: Should This Change Your Surgical Management? |journal=J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol |volume=30 |issue=6 |pages=636–640 |date=December 2017 |pmid=28336475 |doi=10.1016/j.jpag.2017.03.139 |url=}}</ref> | ||
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There is no racial predilection to the dermoid cysts. | *There is no racial predilection to the dermoid cysts. | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]
Overview
Dermoid cysts are rare benign tumors. Spinal dermoid cysts commonly affect individuals in their second or third decades of life.[1] Males are more commonly affected with spinal dermoid cysts than females.[1] Dermoid cysts in other locations affect men and women equally. There is no racial predilection to the dermoid cysts.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Age
Gender
- Males are more commonly affected with spinal dermoid cysts than females.[1]
- Dermoid cysts in other locations affect men and women equally.
Race
- There is no racial predilection to the dermoid cysts.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sharma M, Mally R, Velho V (2013). "Ruptured conus medullaris dermoid cyst with fat droplets in the central canal [corrected]". Asian Spine J. 7 (1): 50–4. doi:10.4184/asj.2013.7.1.50. PMC 3596585. PMID 23508636.
- ↑ Childress KJ, Santos XM, Perez-Milicua G, Hakim J, Adeyemi-Fowode O, Bercaw-Pratt JL, Dietrich JE (December 2017). "Intraoperative Rupture of Ovarian Dermoid Cysts in the Pediatric and Adolescent Population: Should This Change Your Surgical Management?". J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 30 (6): 636–640. doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2017.03.139. PMID 28336475.