THE FATE OF A FREE BURIED DERMIS GRAFT REINFORCING THE ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL-WALL

In 1937, Peer and Paddock [3] stated that the dermis graft ''has gaine d little popularity because of the theoretical possibility of cyst for mation from sweat glands, hair follicles and sebaceous glands remainin g in the dermis. '' The formation of cysts, albeit of microscopic prop ortions, is a common finding after the second week of insertion. The n atural history of these cysts seems to be a spontaneous dissolution in the overwhelming majority of cases, as happened in the two cases pres ented by McGregor in 1991 [2]. In the rare case presented here, there was no such spontaneous dissolution.