Chemical analysis of an epidermoid cyst with unusual CT and MR characteristics.
Chemical analysis of the contents of a so-called bright epidermoid of the posterior fossa with unusual CT and MR imaging characteristics suggested that a combination of high protein content and high viscosity were responsible for the atypical imaging findings.
Timmer
F A
FA
Department of Radiology, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Sluzewski
M
M
Treskes
M
M
van Rooij
W J
WJ
Teepen
J L
JL
Wijnalda
D
D
D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000032:analysis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D012709:Serum Albumin