Symptomatic cerebral ependymal cyst: a case report

Cerebral ependymal cyst is a rare benign neuroepithelial cyst. We report a case of cerebral ependymal cyst in a 62-year-old lady who presented with status epilepticus. She gave history of progressive right occipital headache over a year. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain showed a large occipit...

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Main Authors: Paharudin, Rauf, Mohd Nor, Aidil, Chan, Kin Hup, Awang, Mohamed Saufi, Mustapha, Fadhli
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author Paharudin, Rauf
Mohd Nor, Aidil
Chan, Kin Hup
Awang, Mohamed Saufi
Mustapha, Fadhli
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description Cerebral ependymal cyst is a rare benign neuroepithelial cyst. We report a case of cerebral ependymal cyst in a 62-year-old lady who presented with status epilepticus. She gave history of progressive right occipital headache over a year. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain showed a large occipital cyst. She underwent a right craniotomy, deroofing of the cyst and insertion of Ommaya catheter. The clinicopathological aspects of the cyst are discussed.
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spelling iium-716472019-11-24T12:46:59Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/71647/ Symptomatic cerebral ependymal cyst: a case report Paharudin, Rauf Mohd Nor, Aidil Chan, Kin Hup Awang, Mohamed Saufi Mustapha, Fadhli RD Surgery Cerebral ependymal cyst is a rare benign neuroepithelial cyst. We report a case of cerebral ependymal cyst in a 62-year-old lady who presented with status epilepticus. She gave history of progressive right occipital headache over a year. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain showed a large occipital cyst. She underwent a right craniotomy, deroofing of the cyst and insertion of Ommaya catheter. The clinicopathological aspects of the cyst are discussed. Kulliyyah of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia 2019-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71647/1/71647_Symptomatic%20Cerebral%20Ependymal%20Cyst.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71647/7/71647_Symptomatic%20cerebral_scopus.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/71647/13/71647_Symptomatic%20Cerebral%20Ependymal%20Cyst%20%20A%20Case%20Report_WOS.pdf Paharudin, Rauf and Mohd Nor, Aidil and Chan, Kin Hup and Awang, Mohamed Saufi and Mustapha, Fadhli (2019) Symptomatic cerebral ependymal cyst: a case report. The International Medical Journal of Malaysia, 18 (1). pp. 127-129. ISSN 1823-4631 http://iiumedic.net/imjm/v1/download/volume_18_no_1/Pages-from-IMJMVol18No1-127-130.pdf
spellingShingle RD Surgery
Paharudin, Rauf
Mohd Nor, Aidil
Chan, Kin Hup
Awang, Mohamed Saufi
Mustapha, Fadhli
Symptomatic cerebral ependymal cyst: a case report
title Symptomatic cerebral ependymal cyst: a case report
title_full Symptomatic cerebral ependymal cyst: a case report
title_fullStr Symptomatic cerebral ependymal cyst: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Symptomatic cerebral ependymal cyst: a case report
title_short Symptomatic cerebral ependymal cyst: a case report
title_sort symptomatic cerebral ependymal cyst: a case report
topic RD Surgery
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/71647/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/71647/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/71647/1/71647_Symptomatic%20Cerebral%20Ependymal%20Cyst.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/71647/7/71647_Symptomatic%20cerebral_scopus.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/71647/13/71647_Symptomatic%20Cerebral%20Ependymal%20Cyst%20%20A%20Case%20Report_WOS.pdf