Case Report

Mullerian-Type Ciliated Cyst of the Thigh with PAX-8 and WT1 Positivity: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

List of previously reported cases of ciliated cutaneous cysts from 1890 to 2015. A total of 60 cases were reported, of which 50 were in female patients and 10 in males. Forty-eight (48) of these lesions were located in the lower extremity and its vicinity including the inguinal region, scrotum, perineum, buttock, gluteal cleft, and sacrococcygeal region. The other locations included the back, neck, scalp, cheek, abdominal wall, umbilicus, paravertebral region, and thumb. The reported ages ranged from 7 to 60.

NumberYearSexAgeLocationDurationAuthors

11890Female15BackRecentHess
21969Female39Left leg>10 yearsClark
3–61970Female15–27Thigh × 22 to several yearsButterworth et al.
FemaleRight buttock
FemaleKnee
7–171978Female15–30ButtockWeeks to 5 yearsFarmer, Helwig
FemaleThigh × 4
FemaleCalf × 4
FemaleFoot × 2
181980Female33Right sole2 monthsTrue, Golitz
191982Female15Thigh7 monthsPark et al.
201982Male42Heel5 yearsLeonforte et al.
211983Female36Left footEarly teensRoss, Schwartz
221990Female42Right buttockLong standingAl-Nafussi, Carder
231990Female18Left buttock4 yearsVarma et al.
241993Female22ScapulaLong standingSabourin et al.
251994Female20Scalp3 yearsSickel et al.
261994Male28Left footNot statedTrotter et al.
271995Female16Left buttockRecentBiernat, Biernat
281995Female14Right thigh10 monthsCortes-Franco et al.
291995Female19Right buttock2 yearsTachibana et al.
301995Female17Right sole2 yearsOsada et al.
311995Male27Right sole2 yearsAshton
321997Male60Perineal area2 yearsSidoni et al.
331997Female11Left foot1 yearInnocenzia et al.
341999Female23Right lower leg1 yearYokozaki et al.
352000Female12SacrococcygealMonthsDini et al.
362001Female13Sacrococcygeal1 yearLee et al.
372002Female14Lower abdomen3 monthsFontaine et al.
382002Male53Right cheek2 yearsOhba et al.
392002Female18Abdomen6-7 monthsVadmal et al.
402004Male54PerineumNew discoverySantos et al.
412006Male56Right inguinal area3 yearsLee et al.
422006Female41Umbilicus3 monthsKim et al.
432007Female16Left thigh1 yearChong et al.
442008Female54Paravertebral8 yearsBusinger et al.
452008Male15Scrotal areaRecentPérez Valcárcel et al.
462009Female51Left leg2 yearsTorisu-Itakura
472010Female13Right leg2 yearsBivin et al.
482011Female25Not stated2 yearsGelincik
492011Female48Right heelSeveral yearsStevens, Sarma
502011Female14Right knee4 yearsAshturkar et al.
512012Female16Left thumbNot statedHung et al.
522013Female15Right hip1 yearRodrigo-Nicolás et al.
532014Female20Left knee10 yearsJoehlin-Price et al.
542014Female22Pretibial2-3 yearsJoehlin-Price et al.
552014Female13Gluteal cleft1 monthOh et al.
562014Female53ScalpLifelongReserva et al.
572014Female38Popliteal fossa1 yearKavishwar et al.
582015Male14ScrotumNot statedSwarbrick et al.
592015Male7Left posterior neck3 yearsKim, Kim
602015Female14Right lower leg1 yearKeisling et al.