Epidermoid Cyst of the Cecum
Annals of Coloproctology
;
: 37-39, 2015.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-210037
ABSTRACT
An epidermoid cyst of the cecum is extremely rare; only eight cases have been reported in the literature. A 63-year-old woman was admitted to Kyung Hee University Medical Center with a colonic mass that had been discovered incidentally during a regular health check-up. The radiographic impression was that this mass was a gastrointestinal stromal tumor. During surgery, an exophytic mass in the cecal wall was resected by using an ileocecectomy. Based on the macroscopic and the microscopic findings, this case was identified as an epidermoid cyst of the cecal wall. We report this case to discuss the origin of this entity and the unusual nature of our case.
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Main subject:
Cecum
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Colon
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Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors
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Epidermal Cyst
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Academic Medical Centers
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
/
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Coloproctology
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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