Afterwards she told me that I had a dermoid cyst on my ovary. This, she said, was a little growth that had developed its own teeth and hair - these cysts are made up of all sorts of body cells.

Dermoid cyst form from the cells that produce eggs, and start when tissues from teeth, hair or skin collect inside the ovary. Cystadenoma can be formed by the cells that cover the ovary ...

Intracranial dermoid cysts are rare, benign tumors that can develop in the brain and are often present from birth. These cysts are composed of mature squamous epithelium and may contain various ...

Ovarian endometrioma. Functional cyst 198 1.9 ± 0.07 Unilateral only 0.966 (A/C), NS, p = 0.39 Dermoid cyst 14 2.1 ± 0.3 Unilateral only 1.29 (A/C), NS, p = 0.16 Multioculated cyst 8 2.3 ± 0.3 ...