Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Epidermal inclusion cyst as a rare complication of neonatal male circumcision: a case report | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Open Access Case report Epidermal inclusion cyst as a rare complication of neonatal male circumcision a case report Linus Ikechukwu Okeke Address Department of Surgery College of Medicine University of Ibadan University College Hospital PMB 5116 Ibadan Nigeria Email LIO - liokeke@ Received 27 December 2007 Accepted 23 January 2009 Published 14 July 2009 Journal ofMedical Case Reports 2009 3 7321 doi 1752-1947-3-7321 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 7321 2009 Okeke licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Ibadan Nigeria has a very high rate of complications of male circumcision. In a previous survey redundant or excessive loss of foreskin skin bridges and injury to the glans penis were the major types of complications identified. Epidermal inclusion cyst complicating neonatal male circumcision appears to be extremely rare and an extensive search of all databases revealed no reports in the recent literature. Case presentation In 1992 a 10-year-old boy was seen at the urology outpatients clinic presenting with a globular swelling in the penile skin located at the ventral surface proximal to the coronal sulcus. The histology of the excised mass revealed an epidermal inclusion cyst. Since then he has remained healthy. Conclusions Epidermal inclusion cyst complicating male neonatal circumcision is extremely rare. The diagnosis is easy and a simple total excision is curative. Introduction Neonatal circumcision is a common practice in Nigeria 1 . However unlike other parts of the world where the incidence of complications arising from this procedure ranges between and 2 3 Nigeria has a
