article = {JSCR-2019-1-101} title = {An Unusual Case of an Epidermoid Cyst Eroding into an Arteriovenous Graft Resulting in Graft Loss} journal = {Surgery Case Reports} year = {2019} issn = {2733-225X} doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JSCR.2019.01.01} url = {https://www.sciencerepository.org/an-unusual-case-of-an-epidermoid-cyst-eroding_JSCR-2019-1-101 author = {Anthony Feghali,Kailyn Wilcox,You Wang,} keywords = {Dialysis, epidermoid cyst} abstract ={Arteriovenous grafts (AVG) are unfortunately vulnerable to infection given their nature of being a foreign body that is routinely accessed in a patient population that typically has multiple comorbidities. Management of AVG infections can become more complex when a patient has exhausted all options of hemodialysis access and gets an infection involving the AVG or a chronic wound in closed proximity. Herein, we present a case of an epidermoid cyst that caused breakdown of a thigh PTFE dialysis graft, which became infected and encapsulated the femoral anastomosis.}