title: Congenital dermoid cyst at the anterior fontanelle: neuroimaging before and after fontanelle closure.
abstract: We report on a 2-month-old boy with a dermoid cyst arising at the anterior fontanelle, with observation during both the open and closed stages of the fontanelle. The etiology of this benign, curable tumor is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan. adachi@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Naoko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Teramoto
mesh_terms: D049109:Cell Proliferation; D055762:Cranial Fontanelles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D059906:Neuroimaging / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed