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Epidermal Cysts

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Epidermal cysts are relatively common benign tumours, essentially localised to the hand; though known for a long time, very little has been written about them. Wernher reported the first case in 1855, followed by Rizet in 1866. Further reports came from Muron (1868), Gillette (1875), Masse (cited in Reverdin 1887), Troquart (1881) and Gibier (1881). In 1887, Reverdin produced the first clinical description and published a comprehensive study of the literature hitherto. Other authors reported additional cases, and different terms were successively proposed to designate this tumour: dermoid cyst (Rizet 1866), epidermal cyst (Reverdin 1887; Troquart 1881), epidermoid cyst (Francke 1894), traumatic epithelial cyst (Garre 1894), traumatic epidermoid cyst (Blond 1922), implantation cyst (Sutton 1895), implantation dermoid (Burrows 1926).

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Glicenstein, J., Ohana, J., Leclercq, C. (1988). Epidermal Cysts. In: Tumours of the Hand. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71834-2_3

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