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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
Differential Diagnosis
Head and Neck
Dermoid cysts of head and neck must be differentiated from the following:[1][2]
- Pilarcysts (trichilemmal cyst)
- Acquired,intradermal
- Scalp is the most common site
- Steatocystoma multiplex
- Pilomatrixoma
- Metastases (cutaneous or lymph nodal lesions)
- Cutaneous ectopic brain
- Encephalocele (when dermoid cysts appear on the medial aspect of the orbit)
- Ranula
- Lymphatic malformation
- Vascular leiomyoma of the extracranial scalp
Ovarian Dermoid Cysts
- Ovarian dermoid cysts must be differentiated from the following:
- Haemorrhagic ovarian cyst
- Pedunculated lipoleiomyoma of the uterus
- Ovarian serous or mucinous cystadenoma/cystadenocarcinoma
Others
Dermoid cysts must also be differentiated from the following:[3]
- Pilonidal cyst
- craniopharyngioma
- Immature teratoma
- Lipoma
References
- ↑ Ohta N, Watanabe T, Ito T, Kubota T, Suzuki Y, Ishida A; et al. (2012). "A case of sublingual dermoid cyst: extending the limits of the oral approach". Case Rep Otolaryngol. 2012: 634949. doi:10.1155/2012/634949. PMC 3465894. PMID 23056976.
- ↑ Dermoid cyst. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermoid_cyst Accessed on February 4, 2016.
- ↑ Intracranial dermoid cyst. Radiopaedia.org. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/intracranial-dermoid-cyst-1 Accessed on February 5, 2016.