| Dermoid Cyst (Benign Cystic Teratoma)
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Etiology
• unknown
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Pathogenesis
• proliferation of a meiotic germ cell,
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Epidemiology
• reproductive age women
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General Gross Description
• smooth external surface
• usually filled with hair and cheesy material (keratin)
• may also see teeth, soft neural tissue, fat, bone and
cartilage
•Examples:
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General Microscopic Description
• mature skin and hair predominate
• tissue derived from all three germ layers
endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm
• any immature tissue implies malignant potential
•Examples:
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References
• Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL: Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. 5th ed. Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders, 1994, pp. 1072-3
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| Dermoid Cyst (Benign Cystic Teratoma)
| | Synopsis by: Melinda Sanders M.D. (T87000M90840)[45]
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