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    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Barw</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Barw Medical Journal</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2960-1959</Issn>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <ArticleTitle>Presentation and Management of Intermammary Epidermoid Cyst: A Case Series</ArticleTitle>
    <ELocationID EIdType="doi">10.58742/z1spkr36</ELocationID>
    <Language>eng</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName EmptyYN="Y"/>
        <LastName>Mohamed L. Elsaie</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Department of Dermatology, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. mohamed.elsaie@gmail.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName EmptyYN="Y"/>
        <LastName>Wael Zekri</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Department of Pediatric Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University, Fom El-khalig, Square Kasr El-Aini St., Cairo, Egypt. wael.zekri@gmail.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName EmptyYN="Y"/>
        <LastName>Marwa Said</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine for Girls, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. marwa.said@gmail.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName EmptyYN="Y"/>
        <LastName>Ronak S. Ahmed</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Department of Dermatology, Teaching Center for Treating Skin Diseases, Sulaimani Directorate of Health, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq. dr-ronaksa@hotmail.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName EmptyYN="Y"/>
        <LastName>Lana R. A. Pshtiwan</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Department of Radiology, Shorsh Teaching Hospital, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq. lana.pshtiwan@gmail.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName EmptyYN="Y"/>
        <LastName>Halkawt Omer Ali</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq. halkawt.omer@gmail.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName EmptyYN="Y"/>
        <LastName>Yadgar A. Saeed</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq. yadgar.saeed@gmail.com</Affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName EmptyYN="Y"/>
        <LastName>Abdulwahid M. Salih</LastName>
        <Affiliation>College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan, Iraq. abdulwahid.salih@univsul.edu.iq</Affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>10</Month>
        <Day>15</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <Abstract>Abstract
Introduction
This study aims to demonstrate the clinical presentation and treatment of epidermoid sinuses occurring in the intermammary region. They are formed by dome-shaped nodules resulting from burst pilosebaceous follicles.

Methods

The study is a retrospective multicenter case-series study. The cases were presented and treated for 12 years. It includes cases with a ruptured epidermoid cyst. The cases were managed through excision and primary closure of the lesion.

Results

The case series included 19 cases; 18 (95%) patients were female, and the age ranged between 15 to 30 years. All of the patients were obese. All the female cases had hyperpigmented patches in the intermammary region. All of them complained of discharge from the intermammary region for a prolonged period, ranging from 6 weeks to 2.5 years. Two cases (10.5%) developed recurrence and were managed by re-excision and primary closure.

Conclusion 

The intermammary epidermoid cyst is a very rare form of the disease. The most effective management strategy is wide local excision with primary closure.
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