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- Title
Brainstem dermoid cyst rupture with hydrocephalus in a child.
- Authors
Antoniades, Elias; Themistocleous, Marios; Drosos, Evangelos; Giakoumettis, Dimitrios; Paraskeva, Kyriakos; Georgis, Panagiotis-Athanasios; Sfakianos, George
- Abstract
Intracranial dermoid cysts are ectodermal lesions of embryological origin. They are of slow progression and symptoms associated with unruptured cysts are most commonly due to mass effect. However, a potential rupture in the ventricular system is rare and can cause meningitis, seizures and hydrocephalus. Hereby, we report a case of a 12-year-old boy presenting with obstructive hydrocephalus due to brainstem dermoid cyst rupture.
- Subjects
INTRACRANIAL cysts; HYDROCEPHALUS in children; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Oxford Medical Case Reports, 2017, Vol 2017, Issue 9, p157
- ISSN
2053-8855
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/omcr/omx048