title: Subcutaneous midline suprasternal mass in a ten-month-old girl.
abstract: A ten-month-old girl presented to our clinic with a progressively enlarging congenital mass at the midline suprasternal location. Histopathologic examination revealed a benign cyst with stratified squamous keratinized epithelium with numerous eccrine glands in the sinus wall. The diagnosis was compatible with dermoid cyst. Dermoid cysts of the trunk are rare lesions, but a midline location is characteristic for these congenital masses. A dermoid cyst should be high on the list of differential diagnoses given a unilocular midline cyst in a neonate.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dermatology Department, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Margarita
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Larralde
authors.forename: Ana Isabel
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Sánchez Moya
authors.forename: Maria Eugenia
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Abad
authors.forename: Paula C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Luna
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Heinen
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Casas
mesh_terms: D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography