Ciliary cyst of skin

Skin ciliated cysts are rare. Kurban and Bhawan proposed that the cyst originated from the Mullerian duct. Other scholars based on these lesions also occur in men, suggesting that the cyst originated from small sweat glands that were ciliated. Cysts are usually solitary. They are often several centimeters in diameter and are filled with translucent or amber liquid. Occurred in adolescent women's hips and lower limbs, individual cases were also found in shoulders and heads, only 2 cases occurred in men.

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