Epidermal inclusion cyst

Case contributed by Ammar Ashraf
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Right upper leg swelling for two years. No pain, discharge, fever or trauma.

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Small well-defined non-calcified soft tissue density nodule in the subcutaneous soft tissues of the right upper anterolateral leg. Underlying bones are intact. 

ultrasound

Well-defined oval-shape mildly heterogenous echogenicity lesion within the superficial subcutaneous soft tissues of the right upper anterior leg. No calcifications are seen in it. No significant interval vascularity is seen in it on color Doppler examination. 

Well-defined lesion within the superficial subcutaneous soft tissues of the right upper anterior leg which is likely an epidermal inclusion cyst

Case Discussion

Procedure: Excision

Histopathology: Epidermoid cyst.

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