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The epidermoid cyst rarely discloses malignancy, Conflicts of interest
but isolated cases of premalignant and malignant There are no conflicts of interest.
conditions (Bowen’s disease, Paget’s disease, and
squamous cell carcinoma) have been found in their Patient consent
[15]
walls. Ozan et al. and López-Ríos et al. [16] described
a patient with basal cell carcinoma arising in the wall All involved patients gave their consent forms.
of an epidermoid cyst. Kronish and Dortzbach [17]
presented a case report stating that basal cell Ethics approval
carcinoma originated from an epidermoid cyst in which This study was approved by the Ethical Review Committee
they found nests of basal cell carcinoma connected of D. Y. Patil Dental College and Hospital.
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