A calcified epidermoid cyst within right lateral ventricle: A report of a rare case

• Main Authors: Ranjan Kumar Sahoo, Debahuti Mohapatra, Pradipta Tripathy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
• Series: Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University
• Subjects: Epidermoid cyst; intraventricular; lateral ventricle
• Online Access: http://www.mjdrdypu.org/article.asp?issn=0975-2870;year=2016;volume=9;issue=3;spage=363;epage=366;aulast=Sahoo

A young patient reported to neurosurgery outdoor department with symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. Noncontrast computed tomography examination showed a single calcified mass within right lateral ventricle with mild hydrocephalus. Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging revealed nonenhancing single mass within right lateral ventricle with mild hydrocephalus. Intraventricular calcified choroid papilloma/calcified epidermoid were radiological differentials. The mass was excised, removed from the lateral ventricles and found to be calcified epidermoid on gross and microscopic examination, which is rare.