These ones are called epidermoid cysts, and they may occur alone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tips and Answers] Reference

If you guessed that it was also an epidermoid tumor, you get double credit.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2010] Reference

When he thumbed the power switch woven into the back, the opaque epidermoid sprang to life.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mocking Program]

With each subsequent failed request, the epidermoid was able to build greater density into the constantly metamorphosing mask.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mocking Program]

There, the doctors diagnosed Lacks with stage I epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix, which would require her to have radiation treatments a few times a month.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health-Care Injustice] Reference

We report the case of a 4-year-old girl presenting with the retroperitoneal epidermoid cyst.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Here is a case of epidermoid tumour in the suprasellar location and it appeared bright on DWI.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sumer's Radiology Site] Reference

Therefore, the high signal intensity of epidermoid tumors on DW images suggests the T2 shine-through effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

These data were in agreement with our previous results on epidermoid A431 cell proliferation that showed a beneficial effect of esterification of the phosphonic groups.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Orth epidermoid cyst; or, according to Warren, a form of cyst made up of skin containing small and ill-defined papillae, but rich in hair follicles and sebaceous glands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

H/E and Toluidin blue staining shows acanthosis, hyperkeratosis, spongiosis, epidermoid cysts and massive infiltration of mast cells in the dermis of the N1N2K5 derived graft.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Postnatal inactivation of Notch signaling in murine skin leads to hyperkeratinization of the epidermis, formation of epidermoid cysts in the dermis, and loss of subcutaneous fat.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

A-431 cell line, which was derived from an epidermoid carcinoma excised from the skin tissue of an 85-year-old female, is one of a succession of cell lines established from solid tumors by a research team led by D. J. Giard.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The patient is well at 3-year follow-up. epidermoid cyst of the reteroperitoneal space, although rare, should be considered in the differential diagnosis of incidentally discovered intra-abdominal cysts during investigation of irrelevant illnesses or during routine abdominal ultrasound scan.    From Wordnik.com.  [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference

Dermoid cysts of the ovary may consist only of a wall of connective tissue lined with epidermis and containing distinctly epidermic scales which, however, may be rolled up in firm masses of a more or less soapy consistency; this variety is called by Orth epidermoid cyst; or, according to Warren, a form of cyst made up of skin containing small and ill-defined papillæ, but rich in hair follicles and sebaceous glands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

(strain HeLa) derived from an epidermoid carcinoma of the cervix.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Growth of the virus was evaluated in twelve established cell lines namely, Vero, chicken embryo fibroblast (DF-1), Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK), human epidermoid carcinoma (HEp-2), Baby Hamster Kidney (BHK-21), Bovine Turbinate (BT), Pig Kidney.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

D) Representative HE staining on control (Ctrl) and N1N2K5 dorsal skin sections showing a thickened epidermal layer (e) a massively infiltrated dermis (d) with large epidermoid cysts.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

"This is only the second time in 15 years that one of our clinical nurse specialists has seen this type of cyst - the rest are cancer (only one to two per cent of lumps will turn out to be epidermoid cysts).    From Wordnik.com.  [Evening Mail news round-up] Reference

Histological analysis of the skin grafts derived from N1N2K5 mice, but not from control mice, showed a thickened and hyperkeratinized epidermis, epidermoid cysts and dermal inflammatory infiltrates characterized by the recruitment of mast cells (.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Histological analysis of Notch mutant mice revealed a massive dermal hypercellularity, a complete loss of subcutaneous fat, the presence of numerous hyperproliferative epidermoid cysts in the dermis and a thickened and hyperkeratinized epidermis (acanthosis and hyperkeratosis) (.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference