Epidermoid Causing Ischemic Stroke in the Brainstem

Raghvendra Ramdasi; Amit Mahore; Abhijeet Kulkarni; Vithal Rangarajan; Manoj Patil; Juhi Kawale

doi:10.1155/2014/801615

Case Reports in Neurological Medicine (Jan 2014)

Epidermoid Causing Ischemic Stroke in the Brainstem

Raghvendra Ramdasi,
Amit Mahore,
Abhijeet Kulkarni,
Vithal Rangarajan,
Manoj Patil,
Juhi Kawale

Affiliations

Raghvendra Ramdasi: Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
Amit Mahore: Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
Abhijeet Kulkarni: Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
Vithal Rangarajan: Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
Manoj Patil: Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India
Juhi Kawale: Department of Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/801615
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2014

Abstract

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Intracranial tumors may rarely cause stroke. We report an epidermoid cyst causing stroke in a pediatric patient. We have also reviewed the literature and pathogenesis of stroke caused by intracranial tumors.

Published in Case Reports in Neurological Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6668 (Print); 2090-6676 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1350

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