Giant Epidermoid Cyst: A Rare Cause of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Giant Epidermoid Cyst: A Rare Cause of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Abstract Introduction Epidermoid tumors represent approximately 0.3 to 1.8% of all intracranial brain tumors. Only 1.5% of all intracranial epidermoid cysts (ECs) invade the brain and secondary epilepsy is extremely rare. Since August 2014, a 59-year-old male smoker had been presenting...

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Main Authors: Vinicius Gomes Trindade, Marcos de Queiroz Teles Gomes, Marcelo Prudente do Espirito Santo, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira, Wellingson Silva Paiva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Neurological Surgery Reports
Subjects:
epidermoid cyst
epilepsy
temporal lobe
seizure
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1604281

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