| Article Access Statistics | | | Viewed | 3997 | | | Printed | 114 | | | Emailed | 0 | | | PDF Downloaded | 226 | | | Comments | [Add] | | | Cited by others | 7 | | |
|
Click on image for details.
|
|
| LETTER TO EDITOR |
|
|
|
| Year : 2009 | Volume
: 57
| Issue : 1 | Page : 98-99 |
Ruptured intracranial dermoid cyst
Santosh P.V Rai
Department of Radiodiagnosis, KMC Hospital, Attavar, Mangalore - 575 001, Karnataka, India
| Date of Acceptance | 21-Jan-2009 |
Correspondence Address:
Santosh P.V Rai
Department of Radiodiagnosis, KMC Hospital, Attavar, Mangalore - 575 001, Karnataka
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.48803
How to cite this article:
Rai SP. Ruptured intracranial dermoid cyst. Neurol India 2009;57:98-9 |
Sir
Intra-axial dermoid cysts are rare intracranial lesions, more so in the pediatric age group. Dermoid cysts account for about 0.2 to1.8% of all intracranial tumors and are commonly located in the cisternal spaces, mainly in the cerebellopontine angle and parasellar cisterns. [1] Intracranial dermoid cysts are pathologically characterized by a thick, stratified squamous epithelium cyst wall containing dermal elements. [2] Rupture of dermoid cyst can cause granulomatous chemical meningitis that can result in recurrent symptoms, most commonly headache. Headache is often the presenting feature of ruptured intracranial dermoid. Rupture of dermoid cyst is unusual to present in older people. [3]
Rupture of an intracranial dermoid produces a dramatic MR and CT appearance. [4] Computerized tomography (CT) scan typically shows a well-defined round hypodense mass lesion with attenuation consistent with fat and peripheral calcification [Figure 1]. In case of ruptured dermoid cyst, CT scan shows low-density fatty droplets scattered throughout the ventricles and subarachnoid space [Figure 2]. A fat-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) level may also be seen. Dermoid cysts do not enhance on contrast administration. The presence of disseminated fat droplets in the subarachnoid space or ventricles on neuroimaging is diagnostic for a ruptured dermoid cyst. [5] A definitive diagnosis can be made by the characteristic features on CT scan [6] Magnetic resonance imaging typically demonstrates high signal intensities on T1 and variable signal intensities on T2. This is consistent with the lipid and cholesterol which typically collects within the dermoid cyst. When the cyst ruptures, high-signal droplets on T1 images may be seen scattered throughout the CSF. Sometimes a fat-CSF fluid level may also be seen
| » References | |  |
| 1. | Pant I, Joshi SC. Cerebellar intra-axial dermoid cyst: A case of unusual location. Childs Nerv Syst 2008;24:157-9.  [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT] |
| 2. | Liu JK, Gottfried ON, Salzman KL, Schmidt RH, Couldwell WT. Ruptured intracranial dermoid cysts: Clinical, radiographic, and surgical features. Neurosurgery 2008;62:377-84. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT] |
| 3. | Rajapakse A, Diack A. Ruptured intracranial dermoid: An unusual cause of headache in an older patient. Headache 2008;48:294-6. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT] |
| 4. | Stephenson TF, Spitzer RM. MR and CT appearance of ruptured intracranial dermoid tumors. Comput Radiol 1987;11:249-51. [PUBMED] |
| 5. | Das CJ, Tahir M, Debnath J, Pangtey GS. Neurological picture: Ruptured intracranial dermoid. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2007;78:624-5. [PUBMED] [FULLTEXT] |
| 6. | Amendola MA, Garfinkle WB, Ostrum BJ, Katz MR, Katz RI. Preoperative diagnosis of a ruptured intracranial dermoid cyst by computerized tomography: Case report. J Neurosurg 1978;48:1035-7. [PUBMED] |
[Figure 1], [Figure 2]
| This article has been cited by | | 1 |
Ruptured Intracranial Dermoid Cyst – Unusual Cause of Obstructive Hydrocephalus |
|
| Pooja Jain, Ankita Aggarwal, SwarnaG Jain, Savyasachi Jain | | Neurology India. 2022; 70(4): 1712 | | [Pubmed] | [DOI] | | | 2 |
Ruptured Central Nervous System Dermoid Cyst of Suprasellar Region Manifesting as Unusual Epileptic Seizure |
|
| Mehdi Borni, Anis Abdelhedi, Brahim Kammoun, Fatma Kolsi, Mohamed Zaher Boudawara | | World Neurosurgery. 2019; 122: 150 | | [Pubmed] | [DOI] | | | 3 |
A Spontaneous Ruptured Intracranial Dermoid Cyst in an Older Patient |
|
| Dilcan Kotan,Saadet Sayan,Pinar Polat,Zeynep O. Ayas | | Neurosurgery Quarterly. 2015; 25(1): 86 | | [Pubmed] | [DOI] | | | 4 |
Mature Cystic Teratoma (Dermoid Cyst) in the Sylvian Fissure |
|
| Qiang Li,Chao You,Xin Zan,Ni Chen,Liangxue Zhou,Jianguo Xu | | Journal of Child Neurology. 2012; 27(2): 211 | | [Pubmed] | [DOI] | | | 5 |
Mature cystic teratoma (dermoid cyst) in the Sylvian fissure: A case report and review of the literature |
|
| Li, Q. and You, C. and Zan, X. and Chen, N. and Zhou, L. and Xu, J. | | Journal of Child Neurology. 2012; 27(2): 211-217 | | [Pubmed] | | | 6 |
Ruptured intradiploic dermoid cyst overlying the torcular herophili |
|
| Gulsen, S. and Yilmaz, C. and Serhat, C. and Altinors, N. | | Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska. 2010; 44(3): 308-313 | | [Pubmed] | | | 7 |
Ruptured intradiploic dermoid cyst overlying the torcular herophili |
|
| Salili Guisen,Cem Yilmaz,Comert Serhat,Nur Altinors | | Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska. 2010; 44(3): 308 | | [Pubmed] | [DOI] | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
