Cerebral cholesterol granuloma: case report.
Intracranial cholesterol granulomas are rare lesions, and have been registered in petrous apex region. The presence of an intracerebral cholesterol granuloma is an uncommun event. We report the case of a 20-years-old woman who undergone craniotomy for resection of a temporal mass. Pathologic examination show a cholesterol granuloma.
Serviço de Neurocirurgia do Hospital Cristo Redentor, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil.
Rodrigo
R
Mendonça
Cleiton Schweitzer
CS
Peron
Marco Antônio
MA
Stefani
Pasquale
P
Gallo
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002784:Cholesterol; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D002784:Cholesterol