Open AccessMalignant change in an epidermal cyst over gluteal region
Author(s) -
Kshirsagar Ay,
Sulhyan,
Shantanu Deshpande,
Sunil Vitthalrao Jagtap
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2077.79195
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , epidermal cyst , basal cell , cyst , gluteal region , pathology , wide local excision , complication , surgery
A 72-year-old male presented with a large ulceroproliferative lesion over left gluteal region. After histopathological confirmation of squamous cell carcinoma, the lesion was excised with wide margins. Further histopathological study of the excised specimen revealed the growth arising from an epidermal cyst. Malignant change is a rare, but wellknown complication occurring in an epidermal cyst. The mainstay of treatment consists of wide excision of cancerous lesion with primary reconstruction of the defect.