title: Sacral epidermoid cyst communicating with the spinal CSF canal.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl was found to show a presacral epidermoid cyst which had a communication with the spinal canal. The patient was admitted as a case of meningitis, but squamous cells and cholesterin crystals were observed in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), and the CSF cholesterol level was very high. Diagnosis was established by myelography, and a cyst measuring 4.5 x 6.0 x 4.0 cm wide was totally excised surgically. A comparative discussion of this case and other reported cases of dermoid and epidermoid cysts in the central nervous system is given.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D013115:Spinal Canal
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol