title: Ovarian epidermoid cyst: report of eight cases.
abstract: We report eight cases of ovarian epidermoid cyst in women 25-57 years of age. All of the cysts had a smooth inner lining composed of stratified squamous epithelium with no evidence of hair or a Rokitansky tubercle. Since these lesions accounted for 0.07% of gynecological specimens in our hospital over a 3-year period, epidermoid cysts of the ovary are not as rare as the literature suggests; some are probably misdiagnosed as dermoid cysts. We believe that ovarian epidermoid cysts represent monodermal and highly differentiated teratomas and should be classified as such.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Second Central Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zang
authors.forename: X S
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000473:pathology*