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We continued VABD treatment until the tumor was invisible on real-time ultrasonography. Histologic examination demonstrated that the tumor was composed of mature stratified squamous epithelium and laminated layers of keratin, findings consistent with a diagnosis of epidermal cyst. These cysts rarely occur in the breast and are sometimes difficult to distinguish from breast cancer. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an epidermal cyst treated by VABD.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.9738\/cc74.1","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,2,25]],"date-time":"2013-02-25T19:39:56Z","timestamp":1361821196000},"page":"65-69","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Epidermal Cyst of the Breast Treated by Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy"],"prefix":"10.9738","volume":"98","author":[{"given":"Toshiyuki","family":"Yamaguchi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Norihiro","family":"Ojima","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Masahiro","family":"Hayashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nobuo","family":"Komatsu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shin-ichi","family":"Hashimoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery and"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Masamichi","family":"Koyama","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pathology, Komoro Kosei General Hospital Komoro-shi, Nagano, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"4721","reference":[{"key":"i0020-8868-98-1-65-b01","series-title":"AJR","first-page":"S47","article-title":"Concentric rings within a breast mass on sonography: lamellated keratin in an epidermal inclusion cyst","volume":"184","author":"Crystal\n              P ,","year":"2005","unstructured":"Crystal\n              P , \n            \n              Shaco-Levy\n              R . \n          \n          Concentric rings within a breast mass on sonography: lamellated keratin in an epidermal inclusion cyst . 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