八巻　隆    Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Adachi Medical Center), School of Medicine    Position   Professor
Article types	Case report
Language	English
Peer review	Peer reviewed
Title	Multiple dermoid cysts on the forehead.
Journal	Formal name：Scandinavian journal of plastic and reconstructive surgery and hand surgery / Nordisk plastikkirurgisk forening [and] Nordisk klubb for handkirurgi Abbreviation：Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg ISSN code：02844311
Volume, Issue, Page	30(1),pp.321-324
Author and coauthor	Yamaki T, Higuchi R, Sasaki K, Nozaki M
Publication date	1996/12
Summary	A 41-year-old man presented with multiple tumours on the forehead which had developed over a 20-year period. Preoperative computed tomography of the brain showed multiple subcutaneous lesions in the frontal region with no intracranial extension. Histological examination of a biopsy specimen from one of the tumours showed a dermoid cyst. The patient underwent excision of the tumours, and the resulting skin defect was covered with a full-thickness skin graft. His postoperative course was uneventful. Dermoid cysts of the head and neck are relatively rare, and usually occur in childhood as solitary lesions.