TITLE:
Congenital Epidermal Cyst of the Umbilicus: A Case Report
AUTHORS:
Noriko Aramaki-Hattori, Takara Tanaka, Kiyoshi Mukai, Kazuo Kishi
KEYWORDS:
Congenital; Epidermal Cyst; Umbilicus
JOURNAL NAME:
Modern Plastic Surgery,
Vol.3 No.4,
October
10,
2013
ABSTRACT: Epidermal cysts are one of the most common benign skin tumors, although they are rarely found in the umbilicus of a child. Herein we report the case of a 13-year-old girl with a congenital umbilical mass. This mass had been misdiagnosed as a lipoma at birth. Awareness of this lesion can avoid its misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment.