A Rare Case of an Intracranial Dermoid Cyst with Atypical Appearance on Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Patricia Delgado-Muñoz; Maria S. Oliver-Ricart; Eduardo J. Labat-Alvarez

doi:10.12659/AJCR.935115

23 April 2022 : Case report Puerto Rico

A Rare Case of an Intracranial Dermoid Cyst with Atypical Appearance on Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Patricia Delgado-Muñoz^1ABCDEF*, Maria S. Oliver-Ricart^2DEF, Eduardo J. Labat-Alvarez^1ABCDEF

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935115

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935115

Authors information Article notes Copyright and License information

Background Case Report Discussion Conclusions References:

Related articles Order reprints Share article Share by email

View HTML version

Figure 1. Brain MRI showing a well-circumscribed lesion at the midline posterior fossa, which is profusely hypointense on T2-weighted sequences and hyperintense on T1-weighted sequences, without frank contrast enhancement. A transdiploic channel (arrow) is seen. There is associated mild supratentorial obstructive hydrocephalus. (A, B) T2-weighted axial images, (C) T1-weighted axial image, (D) T1-weighted sagittal image, (E) T1-weighted post-contrast axial image.

Back to the Article

A Rare Case of an Intracranial Dermoid Cyst with Atypical Appearance on Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Your Privacy