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Journal of Pediatric Neurology 2023; 21(02): 136-139
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1760194
Case Report

Third Ventricular Epidermoid Tumor in a Pediatric Case

Muhammed Erkam Yuksek 
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
,
Densel Arac 
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
,
Mehmet Fatih Erdi 
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Necmettin Erbakan University Meram School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
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Abstract

Epidermoid tumors, which constitute 0.2 to 1.8% of primary intracranial neoplasms, occur in the third and fifth weeks of fetal development. Epidermoid tumors, which are known to occur most frequently in the cerebellopontine angle, are rarely located intraventricularly. A third ventricular location can be seen in 0.7% of cases. Epidermoid tumors are more common between the ages of 19 and 69, and are very rare in the pediatric period. In this report, we present a third ventricular epidermoid tumor in an 11 years old pediatric patient.

Keywords

epidermoid cyst - third ventricle - pediatric


Publication History

Received: 29 August 2022

Accepted: 20 November 2022

Article published online:
30 December 2022

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