Pineal epidermoid cysts: a study of 24 cases

Desai, Ketan; Nadkarni, Trimurti; Fattepurkar, S.; Goel, Atul

doi:10.1016/j.surneu.2005.05.031

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“…Slowly as the keratin, cholesterol and desquamated cells accumulate, the lesion grows and becomes symptomatic either due to the mass or rupture. [1,8,9] In general, there is no gender preponderance, [1,10] but in our series the male-to-female ratio was 3:2.…”

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“…[1,5,7,10,11] Interhemispheric location is rare, and only 19 cases (including one reported from our institute previously) have been reported. [2,12] As these lesions are slow growing and "soft," they tend to mould according to the surrounding structures and seep through the cisternal spaces, encasing rather than displacing the nerves and vessels.…”

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“…Intraoperative hydrocortisone irrigation, postoperative steroids, and safe radical excision might have helped in preventing this complication. [10,11] Since there is not much CSF in interhemispheric region, and there is no free communication with the CSF of the basal cisterns, intraoperative spread of the contents of epidermoid is less, hence incidence of chemical meningitis is also minimal.…”

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Interhemispheric epidermoids - An uncommon lesion in an uncommon location: A report of 15 cases

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Of the intracranial epidermoids, interhemispheric epidermoids are extremely rare and only about 19 cases have been reported. This is a retrospective study of 15 patients with interhemispheric epidermoids surgically treated over a 13-year period. The age at the time of presentation varied between 17 and 45 years and there were 9 males. The presenting feature was seizures (focal with secondary generalization) in 12 patients, hemiparesis in 5 and features of raised intracranial pressure in 3. On computerized tomography scan the lesions were hypodense in the interhemispheric region. On magnetic resonance imaging, the lesions were located in the interhemispheric region with heterogenous signal intensities. Restricted diffusion was evident on diffusion-weighted images and apparent diffusion co-efficient images. All the lesions were predominantly located in the anterior interhemispheric region, with either basal or parietal extension along the interhemispheric fissure. Eleven patients underwent frontal or fronto-parietal craniotomies, 3 underwent bifrontal craniotomies and 1 patient underwent supra-orbital craniotomy and endoscopic procedure. Total excision could be achieved in 11 patients; near-total, in 3; and partial excision, in 1 patient. Follow-up was available in 10 patients. Three patients had recurrence of lesion at 5½, 8 and 10 years, respectively.

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Interhemispheric epidermoids - An uncommon lesion in an uncommon location: A report of 15 cases

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“…However, pineal region localization of an epidermoid tumor is extremely rare (12,15,17,25). When the literature is reviewed, most of the cases presented are single case reports and yet a few studies deal with large series of intracranial epidermoid tumors (6,13). In our report, we present 5 cases of pineal epidermoid tumors treated surgically at our department in an eight-year period.…”

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Pineal epidermoid tumors – report of five cases

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İplikçioğlu²,

Özek³

2012

Turkish Neurosurgery

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AIm: The aim of this study was to retrospectively analyse the clinical, radiological features and surgical outcome of pineal epidermoid tumors treated at a single neurosurgical department. mAterIAl and methOds: We performed surgery on five patients with pineal region epidermoid tumors at a single neurosurgical department between the years 1998 and 2006. Headache, diplopia and ataxia were the most common presenting findings. Parinaud's syndrome was found in three patients. Hydrocephalus was demonstrated radiologically in two patients.results: Two patients were operated on with the occipital-transtentorial approach, two were operated on with the infratentorialsupracerebellar approach and one was operated on with van Wagenen's approach. Recurrence of tumor was observed in one patient. One patient died at the first postoperative month due to ventriculitis. BulGulAr: İki hasta oksipital-transtentoryal yaklaşımla, iki hasta infratentoryal-supraserebellar yaklaşımla ve bir hasta van Wagenen yaklaşımı ile ameliyat edildi. Tümör nüksü bir hastada görüldü. Bir hasta ventrikülit nedeniyle postoperatif birinci ayda kaybedildi. sOnuÇ: Epidermoid tümörlerin total çıkarılması klinik iyileşme sağlayabilir ve nüks ve şant yerleştirilmesi olasılığını azaltabilir.

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“…In this context, a constellation of signs and symptoms has been attributed to lesions occupying a pineal region, such as a headache, motor deficit, cranial nerve palsy, visual loss, convulsion, ataxia, urinary incontinence, and vomiting. [3] However, neuropsychiatric symptoms are poorly reported. In 2012, Nair et al .…”

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Epidermoid Cysts of the Quadrigeminal Cistern: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Management

Paz

2017

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice

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Pineal epidermoid cysts: a study of 24 cases

Cited by 34 publications

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Interhemispheric epidermoids - An uncommon lesion in an uncommon location: A report of 15 cases

Interhemispheric epidermoids - An uncommon lesion in an uncommon location: A report of 15 cases

Pineal epidermoid tumors – report of five cases

Epidermoid Cysts of the Quadrigeminal Cistern: Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Management

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