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Giant epidermoid cyst of the occipital area with bone invasion: A case report
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Giant epidermoid cyst of the occipital area with bone invasion: A case report

Mohammed Alorini, Gilard Vianney, Marguet Florent, Langlois Olivier and Laquerrière Annie
International journal of health sciences, Vol.12(4), pp.92-93
01/07/2018
PMCID: PMC6040847
PMID: 30022910

Abstract

Bone invasion Giant epidermoid cyst occipital area Original
Epidermoid cysts are slowly growing pseudotumors usually measuring <2 cm in diameter. Large epidermoid cysts invading bones have been rarely reported in the literature. They may be a source of diagnostic difficulties before pathological analyses, and radiological examinations are essential to determine the extension of the cyst and to guide the surgical technique. We report, herein, on a patient having an unusually large epidermoid cyst located in the left occipital area invading the occipital bone.

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