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Clinicopathological analysis of patients with clinically diagnosed epidermal cyst
Received:October 12, 2021  Revised:December 23, 2021  Click here to download the full text
Citation of this paper:HUANG Ling,QIU Xiao-yan,QIU Yang-yang,CHEN Mei-qing,GAO Lu-juan.Clinicopathological analysis of patients with clinically diagnosed epidermal cyst[J].Chinese Journal of Clinical Medicine,2022,29(6):962-965
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HUANG Ling Department of Dermatology, Xiamen Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Xiamen 361015, Fujian, China
Department of Dermatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China 
 
QIU Xiao-yan Department of Dermatology, Xiamen Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Xiamen 361015, Fujian, China  
QIU Yang-yang Department of Dermatology, Xiamen Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Xiamen 361015, Fujian, China  
CHEN Mei-qing Department of Dermatology, Xiamen Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Xiamen 361015, Fujian, China  
GAO Lu-juan Department of Dermatology, Xiamen Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Xiamen 361015, Fujian, China
Department of Dermatology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China 
gao_lujuan@fudan.edu.cn 
Abstract:Objective To analyze the characteristics and pathological results of clinical diagnosed epidermal cyst. Methods Clinical and pathological data of patients who were diagnosed as epidermal cyst in Xiamen Branch, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University from January 2018 to December 2020 were retrospectively analyzed. Results A total of 207 specimen from 204 patients were enrolled. 150 (72.5%) specimen were histologically diagnosed as epidermal cyst, of which 96 were male and 54 were female. Patients aged from 21 to 30 years accounted for 33.3% of the cases. The other 57 specimen were histologically diagnosed as non-epidermal cyst, including 11 dermatofibroma, 7 pilomatricoma, 6 sebaceous cyst, 4 neurofibroma, 3 trichilemmal cyst,2 calcium deposition, 2 neurinoma, 1 molluscum contagiosum, 1 mixed tumor of the skin, 1 cutaneous horn, 1 case of hemangioma, 1 syringocystadenoma papilliferum, 1 hidradenoma papilliferum, 1 lupus vulgaris, 1 angiolymphoid hyperplasia with eosinophilia, 14 lymphocyte infiltration. Conclusion Epidermal cyst is common in young male, the presurgery diagnosis is more accurate and the most common misdiagnosis is dermatofibroma.
keywords:epidermal cyst  clinicopathology  dermatofibroma
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