title: Unusual imaging appearance of a huge intracranial dermoid cyst located across the anterior and middle skull base.
abstract: Intracranial dermoid cysts are rare congenital neoplasms. Typical dermoid cysts are well-circumscribed fat-density masses with no associated contrast enhancement. We report a woman with a dermoid cyst across the anterior and middle skull base of unusual imaging appearance. This report highlights the challenge facing the diagnosis and management of intracranial dermoid cysts with unusual primary imaging findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nantong No.1 People Hospital, Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Xuejian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Xiaobiao
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nantong No.1 People Hospital, Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nantong No.1 People Hospital, Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Zhenhua
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed