title: Intracranial epidermoid carcinoma: CT and MRI.
abstract: We report a patient with an epidermoid carcinoma an extremely rare brain tumour, in the right cerebellopontine angle cistern. Contrast enhancement is the most important feature for differential diagnosis of epidermoid carcinomas from atypical benign epidermoid cysts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uchino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hasuo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moriguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masuda
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed