Dermoid cyst epidemiology and demographics
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Soujanya Thummathati, MBBS [2]
Overview
Dermoid cysts are rare benign tumors. Spinal dermoid cysts commonly affect individuals in their second or third decades of life.[1] Males are more commonly affected with spinal dermoid cysts than females.[1] Dermoid cysts in other locations affect men and women equally. There is no racial predilection to the dermoid cysts.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Age
Gender
- Males are more commonly affected with spinal dermoid cysts than females.[1]
- Dermoid cysts in other locations affect men and women equally.
Race
- There is no racial predilection to the dermoid cysts.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Sharma M, Mally R, Velho V (2013). “Ruptured conus medullaris dermoid cyst with fat droplets in the central canal [corrected]”. Asian Spine J. 7 (1): 50–4. doi:10.4184/asj.2013.7.1.50. PMC 3596585. PMID 23508636.
- ↑ Childress KJ, Santos XM, Perez-Milicua G, Hakim J, Adeyemi-Fowode O, Bercaw-Pratt JL, Dietrich JE (December 2017). “Intraoperative Rupture of Ovarian Dermoid Cysts in the Pediatric and Adolescent Population: Should This Change Your Surgical Management?”. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 30 (6): 636–640. doi:10.1016/j.jpag.2017.03.139. PMID 28336475.
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