%0 Journal Article %T Quiste epidermoide del ciego %A Yamanaka %A Wataru %A Llamosas B %A Fernando %A Adorno R %A Hugo %J Revista chilena de cirug¨Şa %D 2012 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.4067/S0718-40262012000100014 %X epidermoid cyst is a sac with benign characteristic that originates from embrionary ectoderm. histologically consists in a thin layer of squamous epithelium. epidermoid cyst of the cecum are exceptionally rare. we report a case of an epidermoid cyst arising in the anterior wall of the cecum, in a woman with no previous history of surgery, and review of the literature are presented. %K epidermoid cyst %K cecum. %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0718-40262012000100014&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en