Epidermoid and dermoid cysts. Clinical evaluation and late surgical results

J Neurosurg. 1977 Jul;47(1):12-8. doi: 10.3171/jns.1977.47.1.0012.

Abstract

The authors report on the clinical data, operating technique, postoperative complications, and late results in a series of 31 epidermoid and 21 dermoid cysts of the central nervous system.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dermoid Cyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Dermoid Cyst / surgery*
  • Epidermal Cyst / diagnostic imaging
  • Epidermal Cyst / surgery*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Methods
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Sex Factors
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery*