TITLE:
Cerebellopontine Angle Epidermoid Cyst: Case Report
AUTHORS:
Fabio Di Giustino, Rudi Pecci, Beatrice Giannoni, Paolo Vannucchi
KEYWORDS:
Primary Brain Tumor; Epidermoid Cyst; Cerebellopontine Angle; Stapedius Reflex; Gaze-Evoked
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery,
Vol.2 No.1,
January
14,
2013
ABSTRACT: Epidermoid cysts are rare congenital tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), histologically benign and slow- growing lesions. Their frequency among primitive intracranial tumors is about 1% and they account for 40% of all intracranial epidermoid of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA); there they constitute the third most frequent neoplasm (5%), after acoustic neuromas and meningiomas. We report the case of a patient with a paucisymptomatic epidermoid cyst of the CPA.