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A milium (pl.: milia), also called a milk spot or an oil seed, [1] is a clog of the eccrine sweat gland. It is a keratin-filled cyst that may appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth. [2] [3]: 780 Milia are commonly associated with newborn babies, but may appear on people of any age.
Eruptive vellus hair cysts are small lesions that occur most often in the chest wall, abdomen and extremities, often with a crusted surface. [1] [2]: 680 It was first described in 1977. [3] The cysts appear similar clinically to steatocystoma multiplex, as well as acneiform eruptions and milia.
This is a shortened version of the twelfth chapter of the ICD-9: Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue. It covers ICD codes 680 to 709. The full chapter can be found on pages 379 to 393 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9. Volume 2 is an alphabetical index of Volume 1.
The milia-like type of syringoma is typically smaller lesions that have a milky white center that can look like milia. The plaque type is more commonly associated with itchiness and chronic scratching that leads to epidermal thickening similar to lichen planus .
Favre–Racouchot disease, [1] and Nodular cutaneous elastosis with cysts and comedones [1] Affected eyelids and upper cheeks with greyish discolouration. Specialty
Relative incidence of cutaneous cysts, where epidermoid cysts constitute a plurality (blue area). An epidermoid cyst or epidermal inclusion cyst [1] is a benign cyst usually found on the skin. The cyst develops out of ectodermal tissue. Histologically, it is made of a thin layer of squamous epithelium.
A sebaceous cyst is a term commonly used to refer to either: [1] Epidermoid cysts (also termed epidermal cysts, infundibular cyst) Pilar cysts (also termed trichelemmal cysts, isthmus-catagen cysts) Both of the above types of cysts contain keratin, not sebum, and neither originates from sebaceous glands.
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