<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Epidermoid cysts are benign lesions composed of ectodermal structures. They account for less than 2% of primary intracerebral tumors. They can be present at birth (congenital cysts), or can be acquired cysts (after surgery or trauma). Some cysts are asymptomatic but depending on their location, they may cause symptoms such as headache, vertigo, seizures, focal deficits, increased intracranial pressure. The major differential diagnosis of epidermoid cysts are dermoid cyst, any cystic neoplasm, craniopharyngioma, arachnoid cyst. A 39-year-old female patient with complaints of headache, vertigo, nausea and vomiting was admitted to the hospital. Radiological data suggested intracranial tumor in fossa posterior. Craniotomy was performed and the biopsy specimen demonstrated the mass lesion to be an epidermoid cyst of the intracranial dermal sinus tract. Intracranial cystic-appearing masses can be problematic for both radiologists and physicians. Important characteristics demonstrated by computed tomography scans and classical magnetic resonance imaging sequences are significant for the accurate diagnosis, but the imaging appearances of intracranial cystic lesions are sometimes nonspecific, and the diagnosis is usually established by histological examination.</p></abstract>

Epidermoid cysts are benign lesions composed of ectodermal structures. They account for less than 2% of primary intracerebral tumors. They can be present at birth (congenital cysts), or can be acquired cysts (after surgery or trauma). Some cysts are asymptomatic but depending on their location, they may cause symptoms such as headache, vertigo, seizures, focal deficits, increased intracranial pressure. The major differential diagnosis of epidermoid cysts are dermoid cyst, any cystic neoplasm, craniopharyngioma, arachnoid cyst. A 39-year-old female patient with complaints of headache, vertigo, nausea and vomiting was admitted to the hospital. Radiological data suggested intracranial tumor in fossa posterior. Craniotomy was performed and the biopsy specimen demonstrated the mass lesion to be an epidermoid cyst of the intracranial dermal sinus tract. Intracranial cystic-appearing masses can be problematic for both radiologists and physicians. Important characteristics demonstrated by computed tomography scans and classical magnetic resonance imaging sequences are significant for the accurate diagnosis, but the imaging appearances of intracranial cystic lesions are sometimes nonspecific, and the diagnosis is usually established by histological examination.

Epidermoid Cyst Of Posterior Cranial Fossa Associated With Congenital Dermal Sinus Tract – A Case Report And Review Of The Literature Drinking

Department of General and Clinical pathology, Forensic Medicine and Deontology, Medical Faculty, Medical University, Varna

Department of Imaging Diagnostics and Radiotherapy, Medical Faculty, Medical University, Varna

Journal of Biomedical and Clinical Research

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Epidermoid cysts are benign lesions composed of ectodermal structures. They account for less than 2% of primary intracerebral tumors. They can be present at...

Epidermoid Cyst Of Posterior Cranial Fossa Associated With Congenital Dermal Sinus Tract – A Case Report And Review Of The Literature Drinking

Published Online: Dec 22, 2015

Page range: 168 - 171

Received: Nov 01, 2014

Accepted: Dec 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2015-0170

Keywords
epidermoid cyst, differential diagnosis, intracranial tumor

© 2015 Doroteya V. Malinova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Epidermoid Cyst Of Posterior Cranial Fossa Associated With Congenital Dermal Sinus Tract – A Case Report And Review Of The Literature Drinking

Published Online: Dec 22, 2015

Page range: 168 - 171

Received: Nov 01, 2014

Accepted: Dec 01, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jbcr-2015-0170

Keywordsepidermoid cyst, differential diagnosis, intracranial tumor

© 2015 Doroteya V. Malinova et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
epidermoid cyst, differential diagnosis, intracranial tumor