[Intramedullary epidermoid cyst: report of five cases].
BACKGROUND
Spinal epidermoid cysts are rare tumors and they are exceptionally intramedullary.


OBJECTIVE
Report of news cases


METHODS
The diagnosis is established by magnetic resonance imaging and the treatment is surgical. The prognosis is generally good, with possible recurrence after many years. The author report five new cases of intramedullary epidermoide cysts operated between 1996 and 2001.
Khouja
Néjib
N
Service de Neurochirurgie, Institut National de Neurologie la Rabta Tunis.
Ksira
Iadh
I
Ben Rhouma
Moncef
M
Mlaiki
Abdelmajid
A
Naji
Sonia
S
Krifa
Hédi
H
Khaldi
Moncef
M
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery