CT and MRI of ruptured intracranial dermoids

Two patients with ruptured intracranial dermoids, examined with both CT and MRI are reported. Clinical presentation was transient cerebral ischemia in one patient and acute meningeal signs in the other. CT scan showed typical fat density of the tumor and the subarachnoid space. On MRI both the tumor...

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Published in:Neuroradiology 1991-03, Vol.33 (2), p.149-151
Main Authors: WILMS, G, CASSELMAN, J, DEMAEREL, P, PLETS, C, DE HAENE, I, BAERT, A. L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - diagnostic imaging
Brain - pathology
Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Dermoid Cyst - diagnosis
Dermoid Cyst - diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Neurology
Rupture, Spontaneous
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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Summary:Two patients with ruptured intracranial dermoids, examined with both CT and MRI are reported. Clinical presentation was transient cerebral ischemia in one patient and acute meningeal signs in the other. CT scan showed typical fat density of the tumor and the subarachnoid space. On MRI both the tumor and the subarachnoid fat, were strongly hyperintense on T1-weighted images.
ISSN:0028-3940
1432-1920
DOI:10.1007/bf00588254