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2021, Number 02

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Ginecol Obstet Mex 2021; 89 (02)

Supraclitorial presentation epidermoid cyst: a case report and review of the literature

González-Padrón OE, Castillo-Rosales S, Guzmán-Díaz E, Aguirre-Esparza C, Macías-Vera NN, Velázquez-Castellanos PI

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 160-166
PDF size: 332.73 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Background: Inclusion epidermoid cysts are abnormal proliferations of epidermal cells that, when located in or around the clitoris, may cause or simulate clitoromegaly. They usually present post-trauma as in female genital mutilation.
Objective: To report the unpublished case of a patient with a supraclithoid vulvar mass, simulating clitoromegaly, of seven years of evolution and progressive growth, without traumatic antecedents.
Clinical case: 24-year-old female, nulligest, without significant history, with apparent clitoromegaly and progressive increase from the age of 17, MRI reported simple-appearing cystic image located in subcutaneous plane of external genitalia, with possibility of epidermoid cyst. Uncomplicated surgical resection was performed with histopathological diagnosis of inclusion epidermoid cyst.
Conclusions: The approach of this epidermoid cyst presentation was a surgical challenge for the preservation of the clitoral sensitivity and the aesthetic result.


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