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Dermoid cyst
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A dermoid cyst is a cystic teratoma that contains developmentally mature skin complete with hair follicles and sweat glands, sometimes luxuriant clumps of long hair, and often pockets of sebum, blood, fat, bone, nails, teeth, eyes, cartilage, and thyroid tissue. Because it contains mature tissue, a dermoid cyst almost always is benign. The rare malignant dermoid cyst usually develops squamous cell carcinoma in adults; in babies and children it usually develops endodermal sinus tumor.Some authors use the term dermoid cyst as a frank synonym for teratoma, meaning any teratoma, regardless of its histology or location. Others use it to mean any mature, cystic teratoma. These uses appear to be most common in gynecology and dermatology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermoid_cyst
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2960
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/408/13198.html
(This post pertains to a previous argument, and is a necessary source reference in bringing the argument to a close. Because of the graphic and obscene nature of a dermoid cyst, im not posting any photos of it here. But feel free to check it out)
December 6, 2008 at 3:54 pm
That picture you have is not of a cyst. The “mouse-ear” project began in 1989, when Charles Vacanti (brother of Joseph) managed to grow a small piece of human cartilage on a biodegradable scaffold. The scaffold was the same synthetic material (99% polyglycolic acid and 1% polylactic acid) used in dissolving surgical stitches. In the body, it degrades into carbon dioxide and water. The fibres of this material were woven into a loose mesh that was 97% air – leaving lots of room for cells to grow into.
–keeping it real