Kazakh-English Electronic Explanatory Dictionary of Ophthalmology Terms
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Dermoid cyst

1. atumor ofdevelopmental origin consisting of afibrous wall lined withstratifiedepitheliumandcontaininghairfollicles,sweatglands,sebaceousglands,nerveelements,andteeth;a teratoma. Whenthesecystsoccurintheovarytheymaypresentnosymptoms,buttheirlongpediclesmaycausetwisting, resulting in acute abdominal pain.2. abenign teratoma oftheovary, found usually in young women, typically filled withsebaceousmaterialandhair.

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