Epidermal cyst of parotid gland: a rarity and a diagnostic dilemma.

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Department of Periodontics, Madha Dental College & Hospital, Kundrathur, Chennai 600069, India.

Published: January 2015

Epidermal cysts are common skin lesions but they occur very rarely in the oral cavity, especially in the salivary glands. Very few cases have been reported in the literature and, here, we present one such rare case of epidermal cyst in the right parotid gland in a 62-year-old female patient.

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