Hemorrhagic intradiploic epidermoid cyst

The patient is a 47-year-old male with no significant past medical history who sustained a minor blunt head injury in a motor vehicle accident. Only after the motor vehicle accident did the patient report symptoms, which may be a result of intra-tumoral hemorrhage secondary to the trauma, or recall...

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Published in:Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2013-12, Vol.115 (12), p.2549-2551
Main Authors: Gadgil, Nisha, Humphries, William E, Clay Goodman, J, Gopinath, Shankar P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Craniotomy
Cysts
Epidermal Cyst - etiology
Epidermal Cyst - pathology
Epidermal Cyst - surgery
Epidermoid cyst
Head injuries
Head Injuries, Closed - complications
Head Injuries, Closed - pathology
Head Injuries, Closed - surgery
Hemorrhage
Humans
Indexing in process
Intracranial Hemorrhages - etiology
Intracranial Hemorrhages - pathology
Intracranial Hemorrhages - surgery
Intradiploic
Male
Middle Aged
Neurology
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Procedures
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Trauma
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Summary:The patient is a 47-year-old male with no significant past medical history who sustained a minor blunt head injury in a motor vehicle accident. Only after the motor vehicle accident did the patient report symptoms, which may be a result of intra-tumoral hemorrhage secondary to the trauma, or recall bias. In our case, the patient became symptomatic from the lesion only after mild head injury.
ISSN:0303-8467
1872-6968
DOI:10.1016/j.clineuro.2013.07.044