[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.
Service de Neurochirurgie, Institut National de Neurologie la Rabta Tunis.
Néjib
N
Khouja
Iadh
I
Ksira
Moncef
M
Ben Rhouma
Abdelmajid
A
Mlaiki
Sonia
S
Naji
Hédi
H
Krifa
Moncef
M
Khaldi
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