Ruptured Intracranial Dermoid Cyst
✍ Scribed by Andreas Heinze; Regine Saßen; Michael Hoeschel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 247 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1869-1439
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Two cases with ruptured supratentorial dermoid cysts are presented. Computerised tomography and magnetic resonance findings are illustrated. The pathology and differential diagnosis is discussed.
The most common congenital midline nasal masses are dermoids, gliomas, and encephaloceles. 1 These are rare, and in the United States they occur in approximately 1:30,000 live births. 2 Gliomas and encephaloceles are of neurogenic origin, and dermoid cysts originate from ectoderm and mesoderm.
An intracranial dermoid cyst presenting as a radiolucent mass on the plain radiographs of the skull is described.