EPIDERMOID CANCER

Course overview

EPIDERMOID TUMORS ARE CONGENITAL LESIONS THAT ARISE FROM ECTODERMAL CELLS MISPLACED DURING THE CLOSURE OF THE NEURAL TUBE IN THE PROCESS OF EMBRYOGENESIS. THEY START TO FORM DURING THE VERY EARLY STAGES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMBRYO DURING THE CLOSURE OF THE NEURAL TUBE WHERE EPITHELIAL CELLS ARE TRAPPED. THEY HAVE A BENIGN NATURE AND SLOW GROWTH RATE. EPIDERMOIDS CONSIST ONLY OF ECTODERMAL GERM CELLS, WHILE DERMOIDS CONTAIN BOTH ECTODERMAL AND MESODERMAL GERM CELLS. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH EPIDERMOID TUMORS AND HIGHLIGHTS THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN TREATING THIS CONDITION.