title: Pineal epidermoid cyst: its surgical therapy.
abstract: A pineal epidermoid cyst was initially diagnosed as a pinealoma. Seven years later combined computerized axial tomography and carotid-vertebral angiography accurately delineated the location and suggested the diagnosis of this histologically benign lesion. Microsurgical technique via a right occipital transtentorial approach allowed successful intracapsular resection of this tumor.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010870:Pineal Gland; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography