Intraosseous keratin cyst of the distal phalanx

Keratin or epidermoid cysts of the phalanges are rare lesions mimicking osteolytic lesions such as infection, malignancy and other tumours. Definitive diagnosis can be made by histopathology only and treatment is by simple excision and curettage. We present a case of intraosseous keratin cyst of the...

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Autores principales: Prasad, Rohini, Bhamidi, Arivind, Rajeswaran, Arun Kumar, Bhuvaneshwari, Ramamurthy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26424991
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.163066
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author Prasad, Rohini
Bhamidi, Arivind
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Bhuvaneshwari, Ramamurthy
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description Keratin or epidermoid cysts of the phalanges are rare lesions mimicking osteolytic lesions such as infection, malignancy and other tumours. Definitive diagnosis can be made by histopathology only and treatment is by simple excision and curettage. We present a case of intraosseous keratin cyst of the distal phalanx and review of literature.
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spelling pubmed-45645112015-09-30 Intraosseous keratin cyst of the distal phalanx Prasad, Rohini Bhamidi, Arivind Rajeswaran, Arun Kumar Bhuvaneshwari, Ramamurthy Indian J Plast Surg Case Report Keratin or epidermoid cysts of the phalanges are rare lesions mimicking osteolytic lesions such as infection, malignancy and other tumours. Definitive diagnosis can be made by histopathology only and treatment is by simple excision and curettage. We present a case of intraosseous keratin cyst of the distal phalanx and review of literature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4564511/ /pubmed/26424991 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-0358.163066 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Prasad, Rohini
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Intraosseous keratin cyst of the distal phalanx
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title_full Intraosseous keratin cyst of the distal phalanx
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26424991
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