Introduction And Importance: Intracranial dermoid cysts (IDC) are defined as rare, slow-growing cystic congenital neoplasms. Rupture of an intracranial dermoid cyst occurs rarely and most often spontaneously and results in potentially serious symptoms.
Case Presentation: A39-year-old female, with mechanical prosthetic heart valve presented with history of headache for 10 months and generalized tonicoclonic seizures.
Unlabelled: Glioblastoma is the most common primary malignant brain tumor in adults. It is enhanced by the abnormal proliferation of central nervous system cells called astrocytes. Microvascular endothelial proliferation is one of the criteria for a histological diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCavernous hemangiomas are vascular malformations that can affect any part of the central nervous system. In general, epidural hemangiomas are secondary extensions of spinal lesions. These tumors grow slowly and are expressed as slow spinal cord compression syndromes, radiculopathy, or both.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHemorrhagic lesions in CNS lymphoma are extremely rare. We report the case of a 75-year-old patient admitted to the emergency room following a classic hemorrhagic stroke. The CT scan showed a hyperdense tumor-like process with perilesional edema, the diagnosis reinforced by (MRI).
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