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CC-BY 4.0 · Surg J (N Y) 2016; 02(02): e1-e4
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1583205
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Multicentric Dentigerous Dermoid Cyst with an Unusual Location in the Central Nervous System

Authors

  • Abidin Murat Geyik

    1   Department of Neurosurgery, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

  • Sırma Geyik

    2   Department of Neurology, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

  • Ibrahim Erkutlu

    1   Department of Neurosurgery, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

  • Mehmet Alptekin

    1   Department of Neurosurgery, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep, Turkey

  • Inan Gezgin

    3   Department of Neurosurgery, Kafkas University, Kars, Turkey

  • Mehmet Dokur

    4   Department of Emergency Medicine, Zirve University, Gaziantep, Turkey
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21 October 2015

23 March 2016

Publication Date:
20 April 2016 (online)

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Abstract

Dermoid cysts are benign and congenital ectodermal inclusions. Their occurrence in an intracranial location is quite rare. They constitute 0.1 to 0.7% of all intracranial tumors. Their occurrence in the fourth ventricle and their multicentric feature are extraordinary. A 12-year-old boy was admitted to our clinic with a dermoid cyst with sixth cranial nerve involvement. He had symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. This case is the first dermoid cyst in the literature at this unusual location; a mature tooth structure was found within the cyst, which extended over the cervical subsegments. There was a second dermoid cyst in the thoracic spine (multicentric). Our aim is to present an atypical dermoid cyst along with radiodiagnostic characteristics and macroscopic findings.

Keywords

dentigerous dermoid cyst - multicentric localization - central nervous system