ABSTRACT
Los quistes dermoides son malformaciones que ocurren en el ¨¢rea de cabeza y cuello con una frecuencia de 1,6 por ciento a 6,9 por ciento. Histol¨®gicamente podemos clasificarlos en epidermoide, dermoide o teratoide. Presentamos un caso de un paciente de sexo masculino, quien se present¨® en nuestro hospital con un quiste preauricular, que fue enucleado y confirmado histopatol¨®gicamente como quiste epidermoide.
Dermoid cysts are malformations occurring in the head and neck region with an incidence ranging from 1.6 percent to 6.9 percent. Histologically, they can be further classified as epidermoid, dermoid or teratoid. We report a case of adult male who presented at our hospital with a preauricular cyst; it was excised and confirmed histopathologically as an epidermoid cyst.
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Humans , Male , Adult , Ear, External , Epidermal Cyst/surgery , Epidermal Cyst/diagnosis , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Pilomatricoma, calcifying epithelioma of Malherbe, is a benign skin neoplasm of hair matrix origin that is typically occurred in the head and neck region. It usually presents as a superficial, firm, solitary, slow-growing, and painless mass of less than 3 cm in diameter and most often occurs in young age under 20 years. The tumor does not express an aggressive behavior and surgical excision is the treatment of choice. The purpose of this article is to present a case of pilomatricoma of the preauricular region and to review the literature regarding pilomatricomas of the head and neck region.