Bilateral papilledema from a massive intracranial epidermoid cyst.
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Abstract
To report an unusual case of bilateral papilledema from a large intracranial epidermoid cyst. Case report. A 26-year-old man presented with visual loss, bilateral papilledema, and only a few neurological symptoms. Magnetic resonance imaging disclosed such a large lesion that his right cerebral hemisphere was compressed to one half its normal size. Histopathologic examination of the completely removed tumor revealed an epidermoid cyst. This unique case involved a patient with bilateral papilledema caused by a huge intracranial epidermoid cyst. Epidermoid tumors should be considered in the differential diagnosis of papilledema.
Medical subject headings
- Adult
- Brain
- Brain/pathology
- Brain/surgery
- Brain Neoplasms
- Brain Neoplasms/complications
- Brain Neoplasms/diagnosis
- Brain Neoplasms/surgery
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Epidermal Cyst
- Epidermal Cyst/complications
- Epidermal Cyst/diagnosis
- Epidermal Cyst/surgery
- Fundus Oculi
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Papilledema
- Papilledema/diagnosis
- Papilledema/etiology