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Keratin-Filled Cyst

MedGen UID:
1792373
•Concept ID:
C5555932
•
Anatomical Abnormality

Definition

A cyst that contains keratin. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVKeratin-Filled Cyst

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The clinical, histological and immunohistochemical characteristics and nomenclature of meibomian gland ductal cysts (intratarsal keratinous cysts) and eyelid steatocystomas.
Rajak SN, James C, Selva D
Eye (Lond) 2017 May;31(5):736-740. Epub 2017 Jan 13 doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.313. PMID: 28085143Free PMC Article
Giant epidermal cyst of the tarsal plate.
Majumdar M, Khandelwal R, Wilkinson A
Indian J Ophthalmol 2012 May-Jun;60(3):211-3. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.95874. PMID: 22569383Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Dilated pore of Winer in a dog.
Champion CP, Edginton HD, Peters-Kennedy J
J Comp Pathol 2024 Jan;208:20-23. Epub 2023 Dec 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2023.11.001. PMID: 38043503
The clinical, histological and immunohistochemical characteristics and nomenclature of meibomian gland ductal cysts (intratarsal keratinous cysts) and eyelid steatocystomas.
Rajak SN, James C, Selva D
Eye (Lond) 2017 May;31(5):736-740. Epub 2017 Jan 13 doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.313. PMID: 28085143Free PMC Article
Giant epidermal cyst of the tarsal plate.
Majumdar M, Khandelwal R, Wilkinson A
Indian J Ophthalmol 2012 May-Jun;60(3):211-3. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.95874. PMID: 22569383Free PMC Article
Superficial angiomyxoma with trichofolliculoma.
Pérez Tato B, Sáez AC, Fernández PR
Ann Diagn Pathol 2008 Oct;12(5):375-7. Epub 2007 Oct 24 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.02.005. PMID: 18774504
Bilaterally symmetrical epidermal inclusion cysts with foreign-body giant-cell reaction.
Sheff J, Bregman P, Curran T
J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 1998 Aug;88(8):410-3. doi: 10.7547/87507315-88-8-410. PMID: 9735629

Prognosis

The clinical, histological and immunohistochemical characteristics and nomenclature of meibomian gland ductal cysts (intratarsal keratinous cysts) and eyelid steatocystomas.
Rajak SN, James C, Selva D
Eye (Lond) 2017 May;31(5):736-740. Epub 2017 Jan 13 doi: 10.1038/eye.2016.313. PMID: 28085143Free PMC Article
Semiquantitative histologic evaluation improves diagnosis of esophageal carcinoma cuniculatum on biopsy.
Chen D, Goldblum JR, Landau M, Rice TW, Pai RK, Xiao SY, Liu X
Mod Pathol 2013 Jun;26(6):806-15. Epub 2013 Jan 25 doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.224. PMID: 23348898
Giant epidermal cyst of the tarsal plate.
Majumdar M, Khandelwal R, Wilkinson A
Indian J Ophthalmol 2012 May-Jun;60(3):211-3. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.95874. PMID: 22569383Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Semiquantitative histologic evaluation improves diagnosis of esophageal carcinoma cuniculatum on biopsy.
Chen D, Goldblum JR, Landau M, Rice TW, Pai RK, Xiao SY, Liu X
Mod Pathol 2013 Jun;26(6):806-15. Epub 2013 Jan 25 doi: 10.1038/modpathol.2012.224. PMID: 23348898
Dermoid cyst of the testis: a study of five postpubertal cases, including a pilomatrixoma-like variant, with evidence supporting its separate classification from mature testicular teratoma.
Ulbright TM, Srigley JR
Am J Surg Pathol 2001 Jun;25(6):788-93. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200106000-00011. PMID: 11395557

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