https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 00:53:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermoid-cyst#post-2776340 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 14:48:20 +0000 cheesetomywhine 2776340@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@emilye519: my eldest son had one. He had it surgically removed at 11 months by a pediatric plastic surgeon. It was a breeze! He did superb after surgery. Now, at three, he has a very very faint scar. His was located on his temple. He did not have an MRI or anything of that sort beforehand. Hope that helps! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermoid-cyst#post-2776315 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 13:47:59 +0000 Dr. Pepper 2776315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@emilye519: The pediatrician order the ultrasound and MRI prior to making the diagnosis. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermoid-cyst#post-2776274 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 12:11:57 +0000 emilye519 2776274@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@dr.pepper thank you for the response. We have a consult with pediatric plastic surgeons at our children's hospital scheduled for the end of October. I know your lo's cyst is in a different location so they might have different protocols but did You request the MRI before surgery or was it ordered by the physicians? No one has mentioned anything about imaging to confirm diagnosis but maybe they'll talk about that at the consult. Thank you again for your response it's really helpful and reassuring to know that you had both a good experience and positive outcome after surgery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermoid-cyst#post-2775662 Tue, 26 Sep 2017 14:44:02 +0000 Dr. Pepper 2775662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son had an orbital dermoid cyst. We noticed it around 9 months, but our concern was dismissed by our pediatrician. After we found another pediatrician, we had an ultrasound around 18 months that was inconclusive. An MRI at 20 months diagnosed it as a dermoid cyst. We were relieved by this diagnosis because they are almost always benign (not cancerous). The main concern with orbital dermoids are twofold: the most common concern is that it can rupture and cause a nasty periorbital cellulitis (skin infection around the eye), the other concern is that they could grow large enough to compress the optic nerve leading to blindness (very rare). </p> <p>We were given two options- wait and see vs. surgery. We decided to proceed to surgery because the cyst had been increasing in size and we could see our son starting to rub at it more, so we knew it was bothering him. We choose not to go to the ophthalmologist in the health system in town (the one I actually work at) because I know they do maybe only one of these surgeries a year. I also happen to have a cousin who is an occuloplastics surgeon. She is an ophthalmologist who has gone on to further specialized in occuloplastics (a combination of plastic surgeon and eye stuff). She is amazing and is one of the top in her field. She is also a mother, so she understand the importance of these tiny people. She also does 10+ of these surgeries a month and does them at a children's hospital. It was a no brainer to go to her even though it was a 5 hour drive away. We scheduled his surgery for one week before his second birthday. </p> <p>The surgery was a breeze. At the children's hospital they let us walk back with our son into the OR and hold him while they put him to sleep (this is rare, so don't expect it, my hospital does not do that). Then I went and got a coffee. Then a doughnut. Then he was done! We did find out that his cyst had ruptured at least once previously, but the surgeon was able to get it all out and no damage was caused by the rupture. We were able to drive home a few hours later. Aftercare was easy- just an antibiotic ointment over the incision three times a day for a week. He looked great the first day- just a tiny incision with stitches through the crease of his eye. The next day his whole eye was swollen shut and all black and blue, but it got better fast. The top layer of stitches dissolved pretty quickly.</p> <p>We were supposed to have a follow up at 1 week, but since my dad is a optometrist, my cousin (the surgeon) let us "follow up" with him- it was mostly to verify there was no infection and that the wound hadn't opened up. We did go for a follow up with the surgeon at 6 weeks. We were a little worried at 5 weeks that the incision got a little redder, but she assured us that it was because she closed the incision in several layers and the redness was caused by the lower layers of stitches finally dissolving. </p> <p>For a while he had a small raised scar in the crease of his eyelid that you couldn't see unless you were looking for it. We are two years out from his surgery and it is no longer raised. In fact, it is barely visible at all even if I'm looking for it. It is amazing how quickly children heal. </p> <p>Obviously, I've been through this from start to finish, so if you have any other questions, I'd be happy to answer them :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/dermoid-cyst#post-2775399 Mon, 25 Sep 2017 15:17:17 +0000 emilye519 2775399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD who is 2.5 was just diagnosed with a dermoid cyst on the lateral third of her eyebrow. Her pedi is setting up a consult with plastic surgery and an ENT to confirm. Has anyone else's lo had one of these removed? If so, which type of doc did the procedure? Can you share about your experience?</p> <p>Thanks! </p>