Intracranial epidermoid carcinoma: CT and MRI.
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.
Uchino
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Department of Radiology, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
Hasuo
K
K
Matsumoto
S
S
Uda
K
K
Moriguchi
M
M
Nishio
T
T
Fukui
M
M
Masuda
K
K
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