title: Multiple dermoid cysts on the forehead. Case report.
abstract: A 41-year-old man presented with multiple tumours on the forehead which had developed over a 20-year period. Preoperative computed tomography of the brain showed multiple subcutaneous lesions in the frontal region with no intracranial extension. Histological examination of a biopsy specimen from one of the tumours showed a dermoid cyst. The patient underwent excision of the tumours, and the resulting skin defect was covered with a full-thickness skin graft. His postoperative course was uneventful. Dermoid cysts of the head and neck are relatively rare, and usually occur in childhood as solitary lesions.
authors.affiliation: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division, Fuchu Metropolitan Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nozaki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005546:Forehead; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed