Is pre-surgical imaging required for an asymptomatic posterior vertex subcutaneous dermoid? A case report
| Autor: | Thang D. Ngo, Simon Ho |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Dermoid sinus
medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:Surgery Complete resection Asymptomatic 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pediatric neurosurgery otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine business.industry lcsh:RJ1-570 Dermoid cyst lcsh:Pediatrics Nodule (medicine) lcsh:RD1-811 030206 dentistry medicine.disease Vertex (anatomy) humanities Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Etiology Cranial mass medicine.symptom business Pediatric population |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, Vol 12, Iss C, Pp 1-2 (2016) |
| ISSN: | 2213-5766 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.epsc.2016.06.004 |
| Popis: | Scalp dermoid cysts are common etiologies of subcutaneous lump and bump lesions in the pediatric population, with incidence ranging from 15 to 22% (Crawford, 1990; McAvoy & Zuckerbraun, 1976). Midline scalp dermoid cysts have high risk for intracranial extension, with incidence reported to be 39–57% of cases (Wood, Couture, & David, 2012; Posnick, Bortoluzzi, Armstrong, & Drake, 1994). The following case illustrates a healthy thirteen-year-old boy who presented with asymptomatic enlarging subcutaneous posterior scalp mass who was consented for excision of the mass without pre-operative imaging, and was found to have an intracranial dermoid sinus tract intra-operatively. Post-operative imaging found an intracranial dermoid nodule which entailed an otherwise avoidable second-stage surgery to achieve complete resection. |
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