Endoscopic removal of a suprasellar dermoid cyst in a pediatric patient: a case report and review of the literature.

Endoscopic removal of a suprasellar dermoid cyst in a pediatric patient: a case report and review of the literature.

Childs Nerv Syst. 2018 Mar 20;:

Authors: Kahilogullari G, Yakar F, Bayatli E, Erden E, Meco C, Unlu A

Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Dermoid cysts (DCs) are unusual benign congenital intracranial tumors that typicallyarise in the midline and form as a result of abnormal sequestration of ectodermal cells during neural tubeformation. In all age groups, endoscopic approaches are preferable for the removal of sellar lesions. A 6-year-old girl with recurrent meningitis underwent endoscopic endonasal surgery forsellar DC.
CONCLUSION: To the best of our knowledge, we present the first case of a suprasellar DC in a pediatric patient that was removed endoscopically.

PMID: 29557987 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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