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Hindi Research Article, J Spine Neurosurg Vol: 6 Issue: 5
Unruptured Intradiploic Dermoid Cyst with Incomplete Dermal Sinus overlying Torcular Haerophili in an Adult Woman: Uncommon Location for Uncommon Lesion
Alessandro Frati1, Alessandro Pesce2,3*, Giada Toccacelib3, Michele Acqui2,3, Riccardo Caruso4, Maurizio Salvati1 and Antonino Raco2,3
1IRCCS “Neuromed”, Via Atinense 18, 86077, Pozzilli (IS), Italy
2A.O. “Sant’Andrea”, Neurosurgery Division, Via di Grottarossa, 1035 1039 00189, Roma, Italy
3NESMOS Department, “Sapienza” University, Roma, Italy
4Neurology and Psychiatry Department, Neurosurgery Division, “Sapienza” University, Roma, Italy
*Corresponding Author : Dr. Alessandro Pesce
A.O. “Sant’Andrea”, Neurosurgery Division, Via di Grottarossa, 1035-1039 00189, Roma, Italy
Tel: +393408094246
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E-mail: ale_pesce83@yahoo.it
Received: October 23, 2017 Accepted: December 15, 2017 Published: December 29, 2017
Citation: Frati A, Pesce A, Toccacelib G, Acqui M, Caruso R, et al. (2017) Unruptured Intradiploic Dermoid Cyst with Incomplete Dermal Sinus overlying Torcular Haerophili in an Adult Woman: Uncommon Location for Uncommon Lesion. J Spine Neurosurg 6:5. doi: 10.4172/2325-9701.1000289
Abstract
Dermoid Cysts are rare lesions, accounting for about 1% of intracranial neoplasms, that involve mainly pediatric population; among the etiopathogenetical hypotheses there is an abnormal entrapment of the cells of the epithelial ectoderm in the neuroectoderm at the time of the closing of the neural tube. We report a rare case of simptomatic Dermoid Cyst with incomplete dermal sinus, placed on posterior cranial fossa overlying Torcular Haerophili, in a 33 year old woman, which has been treated surgically. We highlight the particular onset area of the lesion, its rise not in pediatric but in adult age and the lack of adhesion between the lesion and the surrounding tissues, whereas it frequently occurs in intracranial Dermoid Cysts. We express besides the necessity of surgical therapy even in absence of acute symptomatology, due to the risk of rupture and/or infection typical of such lesions.
