Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Presenting as a Palpable Scrotal Mass

We report a scrotal epidermal inclusion cyst located outside the median raphe which a rare entity in the absence of trauma and few cases have been reported. 47 year old male presents with a complaint of right sided testicular swelling and discomfort. On examination a 3 cm mass was palpated between t...

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Autores principales: Correa, Andres F., Gayed, Bishoy A., Tublin, Mitchell E., Parwani, Anil V., Gingrich, Jeffrey R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474240/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23094187
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/498324
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author Correa, Andres F.
Gayed, Bishoy A.
Tublin, Mitchell E.
Parwani, Anil V.
Gingrich, Jeffrey R.
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description We report a scrotal epidermal inclusion cyst located outside the median raphe which a rare entity in the absence of trauma and few cases have been reported. 47 year old male presents with a complaint of right sided testicular swelling and discomfort. On examination a 3 cm mass was palpated between the scrotum and the medial thigh on the subcutaneous tissue with a positive slip sign. Complete surgical excision of the cyst was performed. Histopathology confirmed epidermal inclusion cyst with no evidence of malignancy.
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spelling pubmed-34742402012-10-23 Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Presenting as a Palpable Scrotal Mass Correa, Andres F. Gayed, Bishoy A. Tublin, Mitchell E. Parwani, Anil V. Gingrich, Jeffrey R. Case Rep Urol Case Report We report a scrotal epidermal inclusion cyst located outside the median raphe which a rare entity in the absence of trauma and few cases have been reported. 47 year old male presents with a complaint of right sided testicular swelling and discomfort. On examination a 3 cm mass was palpated between the scrotum and the medial thigh on the subcutaneous tissue with a positive slip sign. Complete surgical excision of the cyst was performed. Histopathology confirmed epidermal inclusion cyst with no evidence of malignancy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3474240/ /pubmed/23094187 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/498324 Text en Copyright © 2012 Andres F. Correa et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Presenting as a Palpable Scrotal Mass
title_sort epidermal inclusion cyst presenting as a palpable scrotal mass
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474240/
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