The unusual occurrence of epidermoid carcinoma within an inclusion cyst arising on the forehead of a patient is documented. The importance of any irregular change or clinically abnormal behavior in such a lesion is underscored and the necessity for routine histological examination of all tissue excised is reaffirmed.
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