title: Imaging diagnosis--intracranial epidermoid cyst in a Doberman Pinscher.
abstract: A 4-year-old Doberman Pinscher was evaluated for chronic progressive central vestibular disease and aggressiveness. A cyst-like lesion was identified in the region of the left cerebellopontine angle. The lesion was hypointense on T1-weighted and hyperintense on T2-weighted images. Differentials included an epidermoid or dermoid cyst, cystic neoplasm, and brain abscess. Hyperintensity on subsequent fluid-attenuated inversion recovery images excluded an arachnoid cyst. The histopathologic diagnosis was epidermoid cyst within the fourth ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Small Animal Medicine, Section of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany. tsteinberg@gmx.at
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Steinberg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matiasek
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brühschwein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004285:Dogs; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary