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Epidermoid cyst of anterior fontanelle with clear contents
Amit Agrawal1, Akshay Pratap, Arvind K Sinha
1Department of Surgery, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. dramitagrawal@gmail.com
Background:
Epidermal inclusion cysts very rarely occur in the midline in the area of the anterior fontanelle.
Case Description:
We report the second case of epidermal inclusion cysts in the midline in the area of the anterior fontanelle in world literature of a 7-month female infant who presented with a slow-growing soft mass located in the midline over the vertex of the head.
Conclusion:
These lesions with clear contents can have all the features of encephalocele on clinical examination, and imaging will show the exact location, but histopathology will confirm the diagnosis.
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