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1: Int J Gynecol Pathol. 1996 Jan;15(1):69-71.Links

Ovarian epidermoid cyst: report of eight cases.

Fan LD, Zang HY, Zhang XS.

Department of Pathology, Second Central Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China.

We report eight cases of ovarian epidermoid cyst in women 25-57 years of age. All of the cysts had a smooth inner lining composed of stratified squamous epithelium with no evidence of hair or a Rokitansky tubercle. Since these lesions accounted for 0.07% of gynecological specimens in our hospital over a 3-year period, epidermoid cysts of the ovary are not as rare as the literature suggests; some are probably misdiagnosed as dermoid cysts. We believe that ovarian epidermoid cysts represent monodermal and highly differentiated teratomas and should be classified as such.

PMID: 8852449 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]