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Dermoid
HEALTH MATTERS Dec 14, 2005
Freeport Journal Standard, Dermoid cysts form from cells that produce human eggs and are rarely cancerous but can become quite large, causing painful twisting of the ovary. ...
Lame, blind animals get Second Chance Nov 30, 2005
Arizona Daily Sun, She is active and needs a lot of exercise and training. River lost her left eye when a dermoid growth destroyed her vision. "She's ...
Ovarian Torsion: Salvage Possible Despite Prolonged Symptoms Sep 1, 2005
Two salvaged ovaries had cysts, while 8 of 16 non-salvaged ovaries had pathologic features (5 teratoma/dermoid cysts, 2 simple cysts, and one juvenile ... AAP Grand Rounds (subscription)
Ovarian Torsion: Salvage Possible Despite Prolonged Symptoms Sep 1, 2005
Two salvaged ovaries had cysts, while 8 of 16 non-salvaged ovaries had pathologic features (5 teratoma/dermoid cysts, 2 simple cysts, and one juvenile ... AAP Grand Rounds (subscription)
HEALTH MATTERS -- Feb 24, 2005
This type of cyst often causes pain with intercourse and during menstruation. A dermoid cyst forms from cells that produce human eggs. ... / Freeport Journal Standard,
HEALTH MATTERS Feb 24, 2005
This type of cyst often causes pain with intercourse and during menstruation. A dermoid cyst forms from cells that produce human eggs. ... Freeport Journal Standard
Body of knowledge, reason to hope Sep 21, 2004
...right side. A dermoid cyst on her ovary was discovered and cautherized by doctors. "No cancer," Foley recalls doctors saying. The ... Asbury Park Press
Unresorbed Corpora Albicantia Mimicking a Sonographically Solid ... -- Oct 21, 2004
A hyperechoic ovarian mass is suggestive of a dermoid, although the mass in our case was only slightly hyperechoic and was not thought to be hyperechoic enough ... / Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
Body of knowledge, reason to hope Sep 21, 2004
...right side. A dermoid cyst on her ovary was discovered and cautherized by doctors. "No cancer," Foley recalls doctors saying. The ... Asbury Park Press,
A dermoid cyst, or benign cystic teratoma, also mature cystic teratoma, is a nonmalignant tumor containing a cyst lined by epidermal cells. It can contain all the elements of the dermis, including skin, hair follicles and sweat glands, and the cyst often contains sebum. The lesion may harbor hair and calcified bone or teeth. The calcification will be apparent on x-ray. On gynecologic ultrasonography the sebum appears bright. Other cell types may be present as derivatives of the ectoderm, mesoderm or endoderm.
Intraovarian DermoidDermoids usually occur in the ovary, often bilaterally, and account for about 25 % of all ovarian neoplasms. Mostly they are seen in the reproductive years, but they can be found in girls and women after the menopause. The size varies, and may exceed that of the ovary as such lesions are usually asymptomatic.
As a teratoma dermoid cysts belong to the group of germ cell tumors and develop from an unfertilized primordial oocyte (a totipotential cell), thus any cell type could be present in a lesion. On a rare occasion, a benign cystic teratoma is found in the brain, where they are thought to occur when embryonic nests of tissue become trapped during the closure of the neural tube.
Dermoid cysts are almost always curable by surgical removal. On a rare occasion tissue within a lesion is hormonally active (struma ovarii) or undergoes secondary malignant degeneration. Those rare tumors which are malignant usually contain squamous cell carcinoma.
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