Subcutaneous midline suprasternal mass in a ten-month-old girl

Dermatol Online J. 2010 Jun 15;16(6):6.

Abstract

A ten-month-old girl presented to our clinic with a progressively enlarging congenital mass at the midline suprasternal location. Histopathologic examination revealed a benign cyst with stratified squamous keratinized epithelium with numerous eccrine glands in the sinus wall. The diagnosis was compatible with dermoid cyst. Dermoid cysts of the trunk are rare lesions, but a midline location is characteristic for these congenital masses. A dermoid cyst should be high on the list of differential diagnoses given a unilocular midline cyst in a neonate.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Dermoid Cyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Dermoid Cyst / pathology*
  • Dermoid Cyst / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Subcutaneous Tissue / diagnostic imaging
  • Subcutaneous Tissue / pathology*
  • Ultrasonography