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Tetraventricular Hydrocephalus And Subarachnoid Fat Vesicles Induced By Ruptured Spinal Dermoid Cyst

Journal of Orthopaedics 01/2007;
Source: DOAJ

ABSTRACT The authors report a case of spinal dermoid cyst which ruptured; this originated a migration of free fat vesicles into the ventricles and subarachnoidal spaces. The fat vesicles caused obstructive hydrocephalus; witch represents a quite exceptional complication. The intracranial fat causing hydrocephalus was found before the discovery of the spinal mass. The authors suggest that the finding of intracranial fat in the absence of a local source makes the search for an intraspinal dermoid cyst.

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Keywords

authors report
 
exceptional complication
 
fat vesicles
 
free fat vesicles
 
intracranial fat
 
intraspinal dermoid cyst
 
local source
 
obstructive hydrocephalus
 
spinal dermoid cyst
 
spinal mass
 
ventricles
 
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Mustapha Maâroufi