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(A) Epidermoid cyst in the areola of the patient. (B) Follow up after eight months following surgical excision.
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A healthy forty-four-year-old woman presented to our breast clinic with a rapidly growing mass localized to the left areola, which reached 4 cm in diameter within a few months (Fig. 1A). No evidence of recurrence was detected after eight months follow-up (Fig. 1B).
Histopathologic specimen of the lesion compatible with epidermoid cyst.
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Histology showing skin with subcutaneous fat tissue and widened infundibula of the hair follicles, characteristic of epidermal cysts, surrounded by chronic inflammation and fibrosis (Fig. 2).