A rare case of white pearls in brainstem

Intrinsic brainstem epidermoid is extremely rare, and only 14 cases have been reported. Authors report a classic case of brainstem epidermoid in a 14-year-old male child presenting with symptoms of brainstem involvement. The child underwent a successful surgical excision. The lesion was intrinsic an...

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Autores principales: Mankotia, Dipanker Singh, Tandon, Vivek, Sardana, Hardik, Rajeshwari, Madhu, Suri, Vaishali, Sharma, Bhawani Shankar
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5108128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27857794
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.193379
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author Mankotia, Dipanker Singh
Tandon, Vivek
Sardana, Hardik
Rajeshwari, Madhu
Suri, Vaishali
Sharma, Bhawani Shankar
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description Intrinsic brainstem epidermoid is extremely rare, and only 14 cases have been reported. Authors report a classic case of brainstem epidermoid in a 14-year-old male child presenting with symptoms of brainstem involvement. The child underwent a successful surgical excision. The lesion was intrinsic and caused diagnostic dilemma based on conventional radiological images. Based on our experience in this case and a thorough review of literature, we are of the opinion that diffusion-weighted images are very important in establishing the diagnosis. Such lesions are challenging and attempt to remove adherent tumor capsule may produce additional neurological deficits.
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spelling pubmed-51081282016-11-17 A rare case of white pearls in brainstem Mankotia, Dipanker Singh Tandon, Vivek Sardana, Hardik Rajeshwari, Madhu Suri, Vaishali Sharma, Bhawani Shankar J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Intrinsic brainstem epidermoid is extremely rare, and only 14 cases have been reported. Authors report a classic case of brainstem epidermoid in a 14-year-old male child presenting with symptoms of brainstem involvement. The child underwent a successful surgical excision. The lesion was intrinsic and caused diagnostic dilemma based on conventional radiological images. Based on our experience in this case and a thorough review of literature, we are of the opinion that diffusion-weighted images are very important in establishing the diagnosis. Such lesions are challenging and attempt to remove adherent tumor capsule may produce additional neurological deficits. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5108128/ /pubmed/27857794 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1745.193379 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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