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2019 Dec


World Neurosurg


132

Obstructive hydrocephalus and chemical meningitis secondary to a ruptured spinal epidermoid cyst: a case report.

Authors

Fernández-de Thomas RJ, Vicenty-Padilla JC, Sánchez-Jiménez JG, Labat EJ, Carballo-Cuello CM, De Jesús O, Vigo-Prieto JA
World Neurosurg. 2019 Dec; 132:173-176.
PMID: 31491571.

Abstract

Epidermoid cysts of the spinal cord may rupture, resulting in keratin dissemination in the subarachnoid space, ventricles and along the central canal of the spinal cord causing meningitis, myelopathy changes or hydrocephalus.