[Dermoid and epidermoid skull cysts (author's transl)].

Thirteen children with dermoid and epidermoid cyst in the skull are presented (11 cases are dermoid and two epidermoid). Diagnosis was made between four weeks and seven years of life. A local prominence with lytic subjaccent osseous defect were observed in the zone of cystic implantation in every case. Surgery with total extirpation of the cyst was the treatment in all cases. Evolution without complications was observed in every patient.