title: Parameatal cyst in a 4-year-old boy.
abstract: A 4-year-old boy presented a translucent cyst on the left lateral side of the urethral meatus. The lesion was excised. Histological examination showed features of a cystic lesion within the dermis surrounded by a thin epithelium of columnar cells with a round apical pole. Immunohistochemical staining was positive for pan-cytokeratins (AE-1/AE-3) and negative for actin. These findings led to a diagnosis of urethral parameatal cyst.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  this entity is a rare congenital malformation and consists of a parameatal benign cyst occurring in prepubertal males. Treatment consists of complete resection of the cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, CHU Tours, Université François Rabelais Tours, Tours, France, lorette@med.univ-tours.fr.
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lorette
authors.forename: Marie-Christine
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Machet
authors.forename: Annabel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maruani
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014521:Urethra / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014564:Urogenital Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
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