Cyst, Epidermal Inclusion - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

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Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

cyst, epidermal inclusion

Body Site

abdomen

Age

13 months

Pigmentation

light

Organization

Color

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

Comments

A 13 month old boy had symmetric 3 mm nodules on the lower abdomen at birth. He picked at the lesions intermittently, but otherwise they seemed to cause no symptoms. Topical anesthetic ointment was placed on the nodules 2 hours before punch biopsies were performed. Histopathology revealed epidermal inclusion cysts.

Description

symmetric mobile 3 mm gray nodules

Image Added

8/18/2001 19:21:22

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