title: Epidermoid tumor of the pineal region.
abstract: The authors report a case of a successfully removed epidermoid tumor of the pineal region. It became possible to diagnose this kind of cyst when the contrast medium injected during ventriculography penetrated inside the tumor, thus delineating its lamellae.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed