title: Dermoid cyst at the suprasternal notch: an adult case.
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.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: Xiao Yong
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Tomomichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004817:Epidermis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013249:Sternum