Giant epidermal cyst in the posterior neck developing over 40 years: A case report

  • Authors:
    • Tae Won Park
    • Jong Kil Kim
    • Jung Ryul Kimb
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  • Published online on: November 6, 2013     https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2013.1383
  • Pages: 287-289
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Abstract

Conventional epidermal cysts are generally small, slow-growing, non-tender, dome-shaped lesions. An epidermal cyst is usually asymptomatic until it is infected or enlarged to the extent that it causes damage to adjacent anatomical structures. However, few cases of giant epidermal cysts in the neck have been reported. The present case reports a giant epidermal cyst in the posterior neck, which grew to an extremely large size for >40 years without inflammation or rupture, and was misdiagnosed as a large soft tissue neoplasm. The patient exhibited depression and developed social anxiety due to the negative cosmetic consequences of the large mass. The patient underwent excision of the mass. At the follow-up examination two years postoperatively, there were no local recurrence and the psychi­atric symptoms of the patient were completely resolved. To the best of our knowledge, a giant epidermal cyst growing for >40 years has not previously been reported.
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Park TW, Kim JK and Kimb JR: Giant epidermal cyst in the posterior neck developing over 40 years: A case report. Exp Ther Med 7: 287-289, 2014.
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Park, T.W., Kim, J.K., & Kimb, J.R. (2014). Giant epidermal cyst in the posterior neck developing over 40 years: A case report. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 7, 287-289. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2013.1383
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Park, T. W., Kim, J. K., Kimb, J. R."Giant epidermal cyst in the posterior neck developing over 40 years: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 7.1 (2014): 287-289.
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Park, T. W., Kim, J. K., Kimb, J. R."Giant epidermal cyst in the posterior neck developing over 40 years: A case report". Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine 7, no. 1 (2014): 287-289. https://doi.org/10.3892/etm.2013.1383