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Case Reports
. 2005 Oct;31(10):1323-4.
doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2005.31211.

Giant multilocular epidermoid cyst on the left buttock

Alexandros Polychronidis  1 , Sebachedin Perente, Sotirios Botaitis, Efthimios Sivridis, Constantinos Simopoulos
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Giant multilocular epidermoid cyst on the left buttock

Alexandros Polychronidis et al. Dermatol Surg. 2005 Oct.

Abstract

Background: Epidermoid cysts are the most common cysts of the skin. They are generally small and slow-growing and rarely reach more than 5 cm in diameter.

Objective: We present a patient with a giant multilocular epidermoid cyst.

Methods: A 75-year-old man presented with a giant, soft, painless, tumorlike mass on the left buttock that had gradually enlarged over a 12-year period. Excision of the mass from the surrounding tissue was extremely easy because of a well-defined capsule.

Results: The 28 x 14 x 12 cm mass was totally excised. A histopathologic examination revealed that it was an epidermoid cyst.

Conclusion: This rare case of giant epidermoid cyst was treated successfully by local excision followed by primary closure. Dissection of the mass from the surrounding tissue was extremely easy because of a well-defined capsule.

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