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*Very common. | *Very common. | ||
*The clinical term is ''sebaceous cyst''. | *The clinical term is ''sebaceous cyst''. | ||
**This is a misnomer they contain keratin.<ref name=dermis36946>URL: [http://www.dermis.net/dermisroot/en/36946/diagnose.htm http://www.dermis.net/dermisroot/en/36946/diagnose.htm]. Accessed on: 2 November 2012.</ref> | **This is a misnomer they contain keratin.<ref name=dermis36946>URL: [http://www.dermis.net/dermisroot/en/36946/diagnose.htm http://www.dermis.net/dermisroot/en/36946/diagnose.htm]. Accessed on: 2 November 2012.</ref><ref name=pmid18201468>{{Cite journal | last1 = Venus | first1 = MR. | last2 = Eltigani | first2 = EA. | last3 = Fagan | first3 = JM. | title = Just another sebaceous cyst? | journal = Ann R Coll Surg Engl | volume = 89 | issue = 6 | pages = W19-21 | month = Sep | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1308/147870807X227791 | PMID = 18201468 | PMC = 2121251 }}.</ref> | ||
**The term may be used to refer to a [[pilar cyst]]. | |||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
Features:<ref>URL: [http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?diagnosis=128 http://dermatlas.med.jhmi.edu/derm/result.cfm?diagnosis=128]. Accessed on: 2 November 2012.</ref> | |||
*[[Nodule]]. | |||
*+/-Yellowish colour. | |||
DDx: | DDx: | ||
*[[Pilar cyst]] - indistinguishable on gross.<ref name=dermis36946>URL: [http://www.dermis.net/dermisroot/en/36946/diagnose.htm http://www.dermis.net/dermisroot/en/36946/diagnose.htm]. Accessed on: 2 November 2012.</ref> | *[[Pilar cyst]] - indistinguishable on gross.<ref name=dermis36946>URL: [http://www.dermis.net/dermisroot/en/36946/diagnose.htm http://www.dermis.net/dermisroot/en/36946/diagnose.htm]. Accessed on: 2 November 2012.</ref> | ||
*[[Melanoma]].<ref name=pmid18201468/> | |||
Image: | |||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Inflamed_epidermal_inclusion_cyst.jpg Epidermal inclusion cyst (WC)]. | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||