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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
Epidemiology and Demographics
Age
- Spinal dermoid cysts commonly affect individuals in their second or third decades of life. [1]
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 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.