title: A huge intramedullary epidermoid cyst: mimicking cauda equina ependymoma. Diagnostic failure of myelography and myelo-CT.
abstract: Intraspinal epidermoid tumors are rare and the intramedullary location is quite uncommon. In this report, a 48-year-old patient with intramedullary epidermoid cyst mimicking a cauda equina ependymoma is presented and diagnostic failure of conventional myelography and Myelo-CT is questioned and related literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Inönü University Medical School, Malatya, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Biliciler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vatansever
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fuat Erten
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saraç
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colak
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed