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Painless soft tissue masses on the scalp are commonly encountered in clinical practice. The most likely diagnoses still remain as epidermoid cysts, sebaceous cysts and benign lipomas. However, clinicians should be cognisant of other possible, though uncommon, pathologies as differential diagnoses.
Scalp tumours are benign or malignant cutaneous lesions which arise on the scalp; the area from the back of the head (beginning at the superior nuchal lines) to the eyebrows (supraorbital margin). Most scalp tumours are benign (93-99%).
15 lis 2011 · Proliferating trichilemmal cyst is a rapidly growing large cutaneous adnexal neoplasm occurring on the head and neck region of elderly women. Malignant transformation has rarely been reported in...
16 lis 2022 · Physical examination reveals a firm, pink-colored, 1.2-cm nodule on her scalp that is unmovable and compressed minimally on palpation. Cylindroma is a rare, benign lesion that most commonly...
15 lis 2011 · Differential diagnosis of soft scalp lumps BMJ Case Rep. 2011 Nov 15:2011:bcr0720114492. doi: 10.1136/bcr.07.2011.4492. Author Lawrence K Leung 1 Affiliation 1 Department of Family Medicine, Queen's ... Diagnosis, Differential Epidermal Cyst Follicular Cyst / diagnosis* ...
15 lis 2011 · Painless soft tissue masses on the scalp are commonly encountered in clinical practice. The most likely diagnoses still remain as epidermoid cysts, sebaceous cysts and benign lipomas. However, clinicians should be cognisant of other possible, though uncommon, pathologies as differential diagnoses.
24 sty 2023 · Disorders of the scalp can result from a wide variety of inflammatory, infectious, parasitic, neoplastic, and idiopathic dermatologic or systemic disorders. Often, the patient history and physical examination significantly narrow the differential diagnosis.
