clinical features
Last reviewed 09/2021
- history of penetrating injury - more common in adults who are likely to suffer minor hand trauma e.g. gardener, manual worker
- cyst is smooth, small, spherical swelling in the subcutaneous tissues
- often an implantation dermoid occurs under the scar of a previous laceration
- the cyst may be quite hard
- discriminating features:
- abscence of a punctum helps discriminate this lesion from an epidermoid cyst
- age of the patient helps discriminate this lesion from an inclusion dermoid cyst