title: Spontaneously ruptured intraspinal epidermoid cyst causing chemical meningitis.
abstract: We report a 53-year-old woman with a rare ruptured lumbar intraspinal epidermoid cyst causing chemical meningitis evaluated with MRI (including diffusion-weighted imaging), with histopathologic correlation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, 0453-G JCP, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States. mircea-dobre@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Mircea C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dobre
authors.forename: Wendy R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Smoker
authors.forename: Toshio
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moritani
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kirby
mesh_terms: D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D038524:Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008581:Meningitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012421:Rupture