Clinical Features:

• Usually congenital, rubbery cyst, often with fine hairs on its surface
• Most commonly periocular

Histologic Features:

• Dermal or subcutaneous cyst lined by squamous epithelium with a granular layer
• The cyst contains keratin and sometimes hair shafts.
• Hair follicles empty into the cyst wall, which is often also associated with sebaceous and sweat glands.
• Distinguished from epidermal cysts by the adnexal structures associated with the cyst wall
• Distinguished from steatocystoma by the thicker lining without a cuticle and by the greater number and type of adnexal structures associated with the cyst wall

Cases associated with this book:

Dermoid cyst
Author: Stephen Lyle, M.D., Ph.D.

Conference: DermatopathologyConsultations.com Teaching Collection