ArticleBMJ case reports2011
Intradiploic epidermoid cyst overlying the torcula: a surgical challenge.
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- Intradiploic epidermoid cyst in the skull: Case report and systematic review.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- An atypical intradiploic epidermoid cyst, radiological findings, and surgical management.Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- An infected intracranial dermoid cyst at the region of torcular herophili: A case report.Surgical neurology international · 2024Article
- Acute-onset diplopia from intracranial hypertension due to torcular herophili obstruction by an hemorrhagic intradiploic epidermoid cyst.Surgical neurology international · 2021Article
- Atypical intracranial epidermoid cysts: rare anomalies with unique radiological features.Case reports in radiology · 2015Article
- Intradiploic epidermoid cyst with intracranial hypertension syndrome: Report of two cases and literature review.International journal of surgery case reports · 2015Article
- Intradiploic epidermoid cysts - a series of three cases and our experience with literature data.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologieArticle
- A Rare Case of Giant Intradiploeic Epidermal Cyst of the Frontal Bone with Intracranial Extension.Asian journal of neurosurgeryArticle
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
Intradiploic tumours are rare, slow growing tumours that can present in many different ways, including a painless lump, tenderness, headache and rarely with focal neurological signs. The authors present the case of a gentleman in whom the tumour presented in an unusual location and presented a surgical challenge. The major take home message from this case report is that an epidermoid cyst overlying the torcula is to be approached with great caution and care and is without doubt a surgical challenge.
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