TY - JOUR
AR - JSCR-2019-1-101
TI - An Unusual Case of an Epidermoid Cyst Eroding into an Arteriovenous Graft Resulting in Graft Loss
AU - Anthony, Feghali
AU - Kailyn, Wilcox
AU - You, Wang
JO - Surgery Case Reports
PY - 2019
DA - Mon 30, Dec 2019
SN - 2733-225X
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JSCR.2019.01.01
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/an-unusual-case-of-an-epidermoid-cyst-eroding_JSCR-2019-1-101 
KW - Dialysis, epidermoid cyst
AB - 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.