Scalp epidermoid cyst with abnormal hyperdense on CT scans-A case report and literature review

Chuan Lan; Tunan Chen; Yi Huang; Yi Yin; Hongfei Ge

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery (Dec 2019)

Scalp epidermoid cyst with abnormal hyperdense on CT scans-A case report and literature review

Chuan Lan,
Tunan Chen,
Yi Huang,
Yi Yin,
Hongfei Ge

Affiliations

Chuan Lan: Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China
Tunan Chen: Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China
Yi Huang: Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China
Yi Yin: Corresponding authors at: Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, No. 29, Gaotanyan St., Shapingba, Chongqing 400038, China.; Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China
Hongfei Ge: Corresponding authors at: Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, No. 29, Gaotanyan St., Shapingba, Chongqing 400038, China.; Department of Neurosurgery and Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Shapingba, Chongqing, China

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18

Abstract

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Scalp epidermoid cysts are a common tumor subtype in head, which usually exhibit hypodense on CT scans. Here, the authors report a case of 50 years old man with a mass at left frontal scalp with hyperdense on CT scans. Subsequent histological analysis identified the tumor as an epidermoid cyst. Keywords: Scalp epidermoid cysts, Hyperdense, Calcification

Published in Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery

ISSN: 2214-7519 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/interdisciplinary-neurosurgery/

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