title: Cranial computed tomography of epidermoid and congenital fatty tumors of maldevelopmental origin.
abstract: The computed tomographic and clinical findings in 17 patients with fatty intracranial tumors and in 10 patients with epidermoid tumors, all of maldevelopmental origin, are presented. Fat was found in lipomas (the most frequent), dermoids, and teratomas. Differentiation between these tumors is discussed on the basis of density, calcification, location, and symptomatology.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013724:Teratoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed