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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| 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 |
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