title: Epidermal inclusion cyst of phalanx: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Epidermal cyst within a toe phalanx is an extremely rare condition. It is important to differentiate this benign lesion, which can be easily treated by curettage, from other benign and malignant lesions of the bone with a similar clinical presentation, and which may require amputation of the toe. This report describes one such lesion in the mid-phalanx of the fourth toe in a 48-year-old woman, and which was successfully identified by intra-operative frozen diagnosis and treated by curettage.
authors.affiliation: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 170-05 76th Ave, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA.
authors.forename: Keyur
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Tawfiqul
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bhuiya
authors.forename: Sheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kenan
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kahn
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D050277:Toe Phalanges / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*