Anthony Feghali,Kailyn Wilcox,You Wang,
An Unusual Case of an Epidermoid Cyst Eroding into an Arteriovenous Graft Resulting in Graft Loss
Surgery Case Reports
2019
2733-225X
http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.JSCR.2019.01.01
https://www.sciencerepository.org/an-unusual-case-of-an-epidermoid-cyst-eroding_JSCR-2019-1-101 
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.Keywords: Dialysis, epidermoid cyst