Benign skin lumps Flashcards
Dermatofibroma
What is it?
Who is it common in?
Cause?
Appearance and where?
Management
Benign tumour of fibroblasts
Young adult women
Idiopathic
Following insect bite
Single firm, red to brown papule on a limb
None needed
Cyrotherapy
Excision
Shave biopsy
Dermoid cyst
What is it?
At what age is it usually found?
Where can they be found?
Appearance?
Management - 1
Benign teratoma containing various types of mature, sold tissues
infancy due to it being developmental abnormality
Internal - ovary
Spine
Head and neck sites - neck midline, angles of eyebrows
Smooth, skin-coloured, rubbery/firm lump
Excision biopsy
Epidermoid cyst
What is it also known?
Cause
Age range it occurs
Appearance uninfected and infected
Rx
Sebaceous cyst
Idiopathic
Congenital
Post-trauma
Surgery
20-40
Smooth, firm, mobile, lump on upper body
Produce cheesy discharge of keratin
None
Antibiotics
Excision
Incision and drainage - acutely for fluctuant, infected cysts
Lipoma
Pathophysiology
Appearance
Where?
Management
Benign tumour of adipose tissue
Smooth, skin coloured lump which is soft, painless, moveable
Trunk
Forearms
Thigh
Back of neck
None
Surgical excision
Skin tags
What do we call it when it is on a stalk?
Where - 1
Rx
Pedunculated
Skin folds
None
Cyrotherapy
Diathermy
Excision
