title: Preoperative diagnosis of a ruptured intracranial dermoid cyst by computerized tomography. Case report.
abstract: A case of ruptured intracranaial dermoid cyst in the right middle fossa is reported. A definitive diagnosis of the lesion and the fact that it had ruptured was made possible by specific computerized tomographic findings. The findings were confirmed at surgery.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed