Table 2. Histologic features

Case No.

Age (yrs)

Calcium Deposits

Foreign Body reaction

Giant cells

Cystic Spaces

True cyst wall

Other findings

large

small,multiple

1

42

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

2

53

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

3

29

+

+

+

+

-

-

Hyperkeratosis

4

25

+

-

+

+

+

-

-

5

35

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

6

47

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

7

24

+

+

+

+

+

+

Hairfollicleabnormalities

Epithelial cyst

8

43

+

-

+

+

-

-

-

9

27

+

-

+

+

-

-

-

10

31

+

+

+

-

-

-

Hairfollicleabnormalities

11

21

+

+

+

+

+

+

Epithelial cyst

12

19

+

+

+

-

+

-

-

13

39

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

14

40

+

-

+

-

+

-

-

15

52

+

+

+

+

+

+

Acanthosis, Epithelial cyst

16

26

+

-

+

+

+

-

-

17

37

+

-

+

-

+

+

Epithelial cyst

18

51

+

+

+

-

+

+

Acanthosis, Hyperkeratosis

Epithelial cyst

19

39

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

20

22

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

21

23

+

+

+

+

+

+

Epithelial cyst

22

28

+

+

+

-

+

-

-

23

31

+

+

+

+

+

+

Epithelial cyst

24

35

+

-

+

+

+

-

-

25

42

+

+

+

+

+

+

Hair follicle abnormalities

26

38

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

27

25

+

-

+

-

+

-

-

28

75

+

+

+

+

+

+

Acanthosis& Hyperkeratosis

29

22

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

30

21

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

31

37

+

+

+

+

+

+

Hyperkeratosis

32

44

+

-

+

-

-

-

-