Intracranial white epidermoid cyst with dystrophic calcification - A case report and literature review.
White epidermoids are a rare variant of an intracranial epidermoid cyst that do not exhibit typical 'near- cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)' CT density or MRI intensity. Here, the authors present the case of a 58year old man with an acute onset of aphasia and altered consciousness, due to a large heterogeneous cranial mass in the left frontal region with unusual signal intensity. Subsequent histopathological analysis identified the lesion as an epidermoid cyst.
Department of Radiology, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: ravindrank@student.unimelb.edu.au.
Krishnan
K
Ravindran
Department of Pathology, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Te Whiti
TW
Rogers
Department of Neurosurgery, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Tanya
T
Yuen
Department of Radiology, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Department of Radiology, the University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
Frank
F
Gaillard
D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*
Calcification; Fat density; White epidermoid