Epidermoid cyst in quadrigeminal cistern presenting with mutism

Epidermoid cyst of the quadrigeminal cistern is uncommon, and its presentation as mutism as the main clinical finding with no other neurological finding is very rare. We report a case where the epidermoid cyst presented with progressive symptoms of absolute mutism, which improved significantly follo...

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Autores principales: Kawal, Priyanka, Kumar, Raj
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21559169
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.76120
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description Epidermoid cyst of the quadrigeminal cistern is uncommon, and its presentation as mutism as the main clinical finding with no other neurological finding is very rare. We report a case where the epidermoid cyst presented with progressive symptoms of absolute mutism, which improved significantly following surgery. The possible causes and pathophysiological mechanism of mutism in the lesions of this region are discussed in this paper.
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spelling pubmed-30880002011-05-10 Epidermoid cyst in quadrigeminal cistern presenting with mutism Kawal, Priyanka Kumar, Raj J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Epidermoid cyst of the quadrigeminal cistern is uncommon, and its presentation as mutism as the main clinical finding with no other neurological finding is very rare. We report a case where the epidermoid cyst presented with progressive symptoms of absolute mutism, which improved significantly following surgery. The possible causes and pathophysiological mechanism of mutism in the lesions of this region are discussed in this paper. Medknow Publications 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3088000/ /pubmed/21559169 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.76120 Text en © Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Epidermoid cyst in quadrigeminal cistern presenting with mutism
title Epidermoid cyst in quadrigeminal cistern presenting with mutism
title_full Epidermoid cyst in quadrigeminal cistern presenting with mutism
title_fullStr Epidermoid cyst in quadrigeminal cistern presenting with mutism
title_full_unstemmed Epidermoid cyst in quadrigeminal cistern presenting with mutism
title_short Epidermoid cyst in quadrigeminal cistern presenting with mutism
title_sort epidermoid cyst in quadrigeminal cistern presenting with mutism
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21559169
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.76120
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