title: Tetraventricular hydrocephalus due to ruptured intracranial dermoid cyst.
abstract: We present the MR imaging findings in a patient who developed tetraventricular hydrocephalus after massive rupture of dermoid cysts with generalized subarachnoid and ventricular spread of cyst contents. The development of tetraventricular hydrocephalus due to ruptured dermoid is a very unusual complication, and was attributed to cyst contents interfering with passage of cerebrospinal fluid through the arachnoid granulations and fourth ventricular outlet foramina.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Pamukkale University Hospital, Denizli, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karabulut
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Oguzkurt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous