Dermoid cyst arises from the entrapped embryonal ectodermal cells during the fetal development and are generally formed of skin, hair follicles, teeth, and sebaceous glands. Acquired dermoid cysts may result from iatrogenic or traumatic implantation of the epithelial cells that subsequently grow. On gross pathology, uniloculated cysts lined by skin, containing sebaceous glands, hair follicles, and teeth are characteristic findings of dermoid cysts. On microscopic histopathological analysis, fibro collagenous cysts lined by stratified squamous epithelium, with epidermal appendages such as hair follicles, sweat and sebaceous glands are characteristic findings of dermoid cysts.
Dermoid cyst pathophysiology
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