title: Intracranial dermoid cyst ruptured into the membranous labyrinth causing sudden sensorineural hearing loss: CT and MR imaging findings.
abstract: A ruptured dermoid cyst is rare and can present with various symptoms. We report imaging findings of an intracranial dermoid cyst that ruptured into the endolymphatic sac, causing sudden sensorineural hearing loss.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Neurosurgery, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Y-C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: W-J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods