title: Rare occurrence of intracranial epidermoid tumor in an unusual location with atypical radiological features.
abstract: Intracranial epidermoid tumors are benign rare tumors that arise due to dysembryogenesis. Thought rare, they have characteristic radiological features such as their magnetic resonance imaging signal intensities and a typical location. We present a rare case of intracranial epidermoid tumor in a young female patient that was unusually located within the left frontal lobe and had certain atypical radiological findings. Preoperatively, this lesion was erroneously presumed to be a low grade glioma or a dermoid. Therefore, this case report prompts us to include atypical epidermoid cyst in the list of differential diagnosis for nonenhancing lobar tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre, Thirumalaikodi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Hrishikesh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Narayani Hospital and Research Centre, Thirumalaikodi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vijaya
authors.affiliation: Division of Histopathology and Cytology, Pavithra Diagnostic Centre, Kongareddypalle, Chittor, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitta
keywords: Atypical; epidermoid; frontal lobe