title: Bilateral parieto-occipital dermoid sinuses in a Rottweiler.
abstract: Bilateral dermoid sinuses were identified on the parieto-occipital region of a Rottweiler. Diagnosis was confirmed by histological examination after successful complete surgical resection. The dermoid sinuses were independent with separate tracts. This unusual parasagittal location can be explained by craniofacial development: dermoid sinuses on the head could occur along the lines of embryological fusion and not only in the sagittal plane. A hypothesis of an origin at the level of the suture between the parietal and interparietal bones is possible in this case.
authors.affiliation: UP dermatologie, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire de Lyon, Marcy l'Etoile, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bornard
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Carozzo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017577:Cutaneous Fistula / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000145:classification / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone; D010294:Parietal Bone; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*