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A Ruptured Dermoid Cyst of the Cavernous Sinus Extending into the Posterior Fossa

  • Paik, Seung-Chull (Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang Uinversity Guri Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Choong-Hyun (Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang Uinversity Guri Hospital) ;
  • Cheong, Jin-Hwan (Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang Uinversity Guri Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Min (Department of Neurosurgery, Hanyang Uinversity Guri Hospital)
  • Received : 2013.12.16
  • Accepted : 2014.04.06
  • Published : 2015.05.28
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Abstract

Supratentorial dermoid cysts are uncommon to develop in the cavernous sinus. We present a ruptured dermoid cyst of the cavernous sinus extending into the posterior fossa. The patient was a 32-year-old female who complained occipital headache, blurred vision, and tinnitus over 4 years. Brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed an enhanced tumor in the right cavernous sinus extending into the right temporal base and the posterior fossa with findings of ruptured cyst. Surgical resection was performed, and pathological findings were confirmed to be a dermoid cyst. We report a second case with ruptured dermoid cyst of the cavernous sinus extending into the posterior fossa.

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