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Brainstem dermoid cyst rupture with hydrocephalus in a child

Intracranial dermoid cysts are ectodermal lesions of embryological origin. They are of slow progression and symptoms associated with unruptured cysts are most commonly due to mass effect. However, a potential rupture in the ventricular system is rare and can cause meningitis, seizures and hydrocepha...

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Autores principales: Antoniades, Elias, Themistocleous, Marios, Drosos, Evangelos, Giakoumettis, Dimitrios, Paraskeva, Kyriakos, Georgis, Panagiotis-Athanasios, Sfakianos, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5581501/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28878954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omx048

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