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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]

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Differential Diagnosis

Head and Neck

Dermoid cysts of head and neck must be differentiated from the following:[1][2]

  • Pilarcysts (trichilemmal cyst)
    • Acquired,intradermal, and the most common site is scalp
  • Cutaneous ectopic brain
  • Steatocystoma multiplex
  • Cystic hygroma
  • Metastases (cutaneous or lymph nodal lesions)
  • Pilonidal cyst
  • Encephalocele (when dermoid cysts appear on the medial aspect of the orbit)
  • Infectious process
  • Ranula
  • Lymphatic malformation
  • Heterotopic gastrointestinal cyst
  • Duplication foregut cyst
  • 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

References

  1. 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.
  2. Dermoid cyst. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermoid_cyst Accessed on February 4, 2016.


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