Intracranial white epidermoid cyst with dystrophic calcification - A case report and literature review

Krishnan Ravindran; Te Whiti Rogers; Tanya Yuen; Frank Gaillard

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2017.03.006

Intracranial white epidermoid cyst with dystrophic calcification - A case report and literature review

J Clin Neurosci. 2017 Aug:42:43-47. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.03.006. Epub 2017 Mar 22.

Authors

Krishnan Ravindran¹, Te Whiti Rogers², Tanya Yuen³, Frank Gaillard⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Pathology, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
⁴ Department of Radiology, the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Department of Radiology, the University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.

PMID: 28342703
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2017.03.006

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Calcification; Fat density; White epidermoid.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
Calcinosis / pathology*
Epidermal Cyst / diagnostic imaging
Epidermal Cyst / pathology*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Prefrontal Cortex / diagnostic imaging
Prefrontal Cortex / pathology*