title: Intraventricular fat from a ruptured sacral dermoid cyst: clinical, radiographic, and pathological correlation. Case report.
abstract: The authors report a unique case of a dermoid cyst that ruptured into the lumbosacral subarachnoid space following trauma, resulting in dissemination of cyst contents into the ventricles and cerebrospinal subarachnoid spaces. An intraspinous source should be considered when intraventricular fat is identified without a clear intracranial source.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Scearce
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Bronstein
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Swanson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D012447:Sacrum / Q000293:injuries*
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids