LIPID PATTERN OF WEN (KERATINOUS CYST OF SKIN)

[摘要] Lipids were extracted from the contents and walls of 2 types of cysts, those that contain a granular layer and those that do not but contain a layer of pale cells. The latter type was called a sebaceous cyst. Analysis of the lipids from both types of cysts by thin layer chromatography reveals characteristic patterns of lipid classes which resemble much more closely the lipid pattern of epidermis than that of the sebaceous gland. These data provide biochemical support for the view that neither type of cyst is of sebaceous origin.