title: Laparoscopic excision of subdiaphragmatic epidermoid cyst: a case report.
abstract: Retroperitoneal epidermoid cysts are rare. The authors report a case of an 11-year-old boy with an asymptomatic subdiaphragmatic cyst, which was found incidentally during an investigation for hypertension. At laparoscopy, the cyst was densely adherent to the diaphragm, resulting in a pneumothorax during dissection. Nevertheless, the excision and the diaphragmatic repair could be completed laparoscopically without complication. Microscopic examination showed an epidermoid cyst. No similar case has been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Services of Pediatric General Surgery, Pathology, and Radiology, The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hagr
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Laberge
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Emil
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernard
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Patenaude
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed