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Intracranial dermoid cyst

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

A young male patient presented with frontal headache.

Patient Data

Gender: Male
ct

Well defined extra-axial mass with fatty components and calcification centered over the cribriform plate.

mri

An extra-axial subfrontal well-defined lesion, with high signal intensity on T1 and T2 with core signal suppression on fat suppressed sequences, in keeping with fat content.

Case Discussion

CT scan of the brain was performed and showed a well defined extra-axial mass with fatty components and calcification centered over the cribriform plate.

MRI demonstrates essentially the same findings and a presumed diagnosis of dermoid cyst was made.

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