| Abstract | We present a case of a 39-year-old Japanese man with a two-year history of a mass in his suprasternal notch. Histopathologically the diagnosis was confirmed as a dermoid cyst; the cyst wall was almost normal with an epidermal structure consisting of sebaceous and apocrine glands and on the inside there were keratin materials and hair shafts. A dermoid cyst at the suprasternal notch is rare, and in an adult is the first as far as we know. |
| Authors | Xiao Yong Zhang, Tsuyoshi Ishihara, Tomomichi Ono
(Affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.)
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| Journal | Scandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery / Nordisk plastikkirurgisk forening [and] Nordisk klubb for handkirurgi
(Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg)
Vol. 39
Issue 1
Pg. 57-9
( 2005)
ISSN: 0284-4311 [Print] Sweden |
| PMID | 15848967
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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| Topics |
- Adult
- Dermoid Cyst
(pathology, surgery)
- Epidermis
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Sternum
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