Related Experiment Video For Epidermoid cyst
Updated: Dec 13, 2025
Quantitative Visualization and Detection of Skin Cancer Using Dynamic Thermal Imaging
Published on: May 5, 2011
A temporal skin lesion
Alexandra Targan1, Morteza Khodaee1
1Department of Family Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, AF Williams Clinic, Suite # 100, 3055 Roslyn Street, Denver, CO 80238, USA.
Abstract:
Epidermoid cysts are very common and therefore relevant to Family Medicine physicians in the primary care setting. Epidermoid cysts can undergo transformation if they become infected or ruptured, resulting in keratin granulomas. Importantly, these may be misdiagnosed or confused with malignancy and should be differentiated histologically after excision if a presumed epidermal cyst has an atypical presentation. In this article we are reporting a case of temporal keratin granuloma as a result of an epidermoid cyst rupture in a middle-aged man.
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