Brainstem Epidermoid Cyst in a Child-Case Report
| Autor: | Didier Scavarda, Mayu Takahashi, Armando Paz Paredes, Gabriel Lena |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Magnetic resonance imaging Epidermoid cyst medicine.disease Dysphagia Surgery Hydrocephalus otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Vomiting Neurology (clinical) Neurenteric cyst medicine.symptom Differential diagnosis Abscess business |
| Zdroj: | Neurologia medico-chirurgica. 47:140-144 |
| ISSN: | 1349-8029 0470-8105 |
| DOI: | 10.2176/nmc.47.140 |
| Popis: | A 10-year-old girl presented with a brainstem epidermoid cyst manifesting as dysphagia and post-prandial vomiting. Magnetic resonance imaging disclosed a cystic mass in the brainstem with associated hydrocephalus. She was treated under a presumptive diagnosis of abscess until the definitive histological diagnosis was established at the fourth admission. In spite of four interventions, she remained in good condition with minimal cranial nerve pareses. Subtotal removal of the epidermoid cyst in the brainstem results in recurrence within a relatively short period, especially in children. Total resection of the tumor is the optimum treatment. The differential diagnosis includes abscess, cystic glioma, and neurenteric cyst. |
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