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dermoid cyst

Like the epidermoid cyst, the wall is nearly identical to the epidermis, but unlike the epidermoid cyst, the dermoid cyst contains many small appendages (such as small hair follicles) budding outward from its wall.

Specific

pilonidal cyst

General

cyst teratoma; dermoid

References

  1. NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms; dermoid cyst https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/dermoid-cyst
  2. Cotran et al Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease, 5th ed. W.B. Saunders Co, Philadelphia, PA 1994 pg 983