Excision of an Enlarging Vaginal Epidermal Inclusion Cyst During Pregnancy

Abstract

The study aimed to report the case of a patient with an enlarging and symptomatic epidermal inclusion cyst during pregnancy that required surgical excision. This study was a case report of a 28-year-old woman (gravida 8, para 5, aborta 2) at a gestational age of 18 weeks 5 days who reported a tender vaginal mass that had grown larger for more than a week. An enlarging symptomatic cystic mass was surgically excised. Histopathologic findings of the excised mass were consistent with an epidermal inclusion cyst with surrounding moderate chronic inflammation and cyst rupture. The patient's symptoms resolved completely by her postoperative visit. Although most epithelial inclusion cysts are asymptomatic and can be managed expectantly, cysts that enlarge or become symptomatic should be excised surgically.