Lateral ventricle epidermoid

Of the total number of epidermoid occurences, there is < 1% incidence of an intraventricular epidermoid within the lateral ventricle.2,3 This entity has been previously reported, but only in an adult patient.4 Intraventricular epidermoid occurance in the pediatric population is an even rarer enti...

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Published inApplied radiology (1976) Vol. 44; no. 12; pp. 16 - 18
Main Authors McLellan, Anne Marie, Egelhoff, John, Shafron, David, Dickman, Paul, Miller, Jeffrey H, Adelson, P. David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Scotch Plains Anderson Publishing Ltd 01.12.2015
Subjects
Care and treatment
CT imaging
Cysts
Diagnosis
Methods
Pediatrics
Squamous cell carcinoma
Tumors
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Summary:Of the total number of epidermoid occurences, there is < 1% incidence of an intraventricular epidermoid within the lateral ventricle.2,3 This entity has been previously reported, but only in an adult patient.4 Intraventricular epidermoid occurance in the pediatric population is an even rarer entity.1,5-7 In fact, no reported case of a pediatric lateral ventricle epidermoid was found in our literature search.6,8 Epidermoids are classically extra-axial, most frequently in the posterior fossa, and most commonly at the cerebellopontine angle. [...]this epidermoid may have spread from the interpeduncular cistern.9 The heterogeneity of epidermoids on FLAIR is presumed due to fibrous tissue and complex fluid within the interstices of the tumor10 Diffusion positivity is present in epidermoids but not arachnoid cysts.10,11 CONCLUSION We have presented an epidermoid in the lateral ventricle in a pediatric patient.
ISSN:1879-2898
0160-9963
1879-2898
DOI:10.37549/AR2235