Subcutaneous midline suprasternal mass in a ten-month-old girl.
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.
Larralde
Margarita
M
Pediatric Dermatology Department, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sánchez Moya
Ana Isabel
AI
Abad
Maria Eugenia
ME
Luna
Paula C
PC
Heinen
Fernando
F
Casas
Gabriel
G
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