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. 2019 Sep 5;6:291–301. doi: 10.1016/j.ejro.2019.08.003

Table A1.

Cutaneous cysts classification.

Stratified squamous epithelium Non-stratified squamous epithelium Absence of epithelium (pseudocysts)
-Epidermoid (infundibular) cyst
-Milium
-Trichilemmal cyst
-Proliferating trichilemmal cyst
Proliferating epidermoid
(infundibular) cyst
-Vellus hair cyst
-Steatocystoma
-Cutaneous keratocyst
-Pigmented follicular cyst
-Dermoid cyst
-Verrucous cyst
-Ear pit cyst
-Pilonidal cyst
-Hydrocystoma (eccrine, apocrine)
-Bronchogenic cyst
-Thyroglossal duct cyst
-Branchial cleft cyst
-Cutaneous ciliated cyst
-Ciliated cyst of the vulva
-Median raphe cyst
-Omphalomesenteric duct cyst
-Mucocele
-Digital mucous cyst (pseudocyst)
-Ganglion
-Preudocyst of the auricle
-Cutaneous metaplastic synovial cyst (pseudocyst)