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Intracranial epidermoid cysts: benign entities with malignant behavior: experience with 36 cases.
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- Long term management of intracranial epidermoids balancing extent of resection and functional preservation in a 20 year institutional experience.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- A Complicated Case of An Intracranial Epidermoid Cyst.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2025Article
- Diffusion Analysis of Intracranial Epidermoid, Head and Neck Epidermal Inclusion Cyst, and Temporal Bone Cholesteatoma.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2024Article
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- Tumor-Like Lesions in the Craniovertebral Junction: A Case Series, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analysis.Cancers · 2024Review
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- Trigeminal neuralgia revealing an epidermoid cyst impinging on the Vth cranial nerve: A case report.SAGE open medical case reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Intracranial epidermoid cysts are benign slow-growing ectodermal inclusions that account for less than 1% of all intracranial tumors. We retrospectively reviewed 36 such cases to evaluate the demographic characteristics, clinical manifestations, anatomical distribution, surgical management, and treatment outcome of these tumors. Additionally, we sought to identify the relationship between median or paramedian cistern tumor localization and clinical parameters, such as recurrence risk, hospitalization duration, and postoperative complication rates. The most frequently observed neurological symptoms were transient headaches (77.8%), dizziness (36.1%), CN VII palsy (19.4%), CN VIII hearing difficulty (19.4%) and cerebellar signs (19.4%). The most common surgical approaches included retrosigmoid (36.1%), subfrontal (19.4%) and telovelar (19.4%) approaches; gross total resection was feasible in 83.3% of cases. The postoperative complication rate was 38.9%. Tumors were more frequently found in the paramedian cisterns (47.2%), followed by the median line cisterns (41.6%). Multivariate analysis revealed that postoperative hydrocephalus and age < 40 years were prognostic factors for tumor recurrence. Median-like tumor location was a risk factor for the presence of symptomatic hydrocephalus both preoperatively and postoperatively, increasing the likelihood of protracted hospitalization (> 10 days). Despite their benign histopathological nature, these tumors have an important clinical resonance, with a high rate of postoperative complications and a degree of recurrence amplified by younger age and hydrocephalus.
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