Open AccessCongenital inclusion cyst of the subgaleal space: A case report
Author(s) -
Alessandro Mo,
AA Yakubu,
ST Edino
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v14i4.37207
Subject(s) - scalp , medicine , anterior fontanelle , surgery , swelling , hydrocephalus , pathology
Subgaleal cysts are epidermal cysts located under the galea aponeurotica. They are rare lesions but are commoner among the children of African descent. To the authors knowledge, none has been described in Kano, Northwestern, Nigeria.