Management of petrous apex pathology poses a unique challenge even to the most
seasoned skull base surgeons. The central location in the skull base with adjacent critical …

OBJECTIVE Intracranial epidermoid tumors are slow-growing, histologically benign tumors
of epithelial cellular origin that can be symptomatic because of their size and mass effect …

OBJECT Epidermoid tumors arise from misplaced squamous epithelium and enlarge
through the accumulation of desquamated cell debris. Optimal treatment consists of total …

BACKGROUND: There is considerable debate within the current literature whether total or
subtotal removal of CPA epidermoids yields better long-term outcomes. The aim of this study …

Object Epidermoid tumors are benign lesions representing 1% of all intracranial tumors.
There have been few pediatric series of intracranial epidermoid tumors reported previously …

Epidermoid cysts are rare, slow growing, space-occupying lesions of early adulthood.
Among the various locations, involvement of the brainstem is quite exceptional. In children …

Background Epidermoid tumors represent the third most common lesion of the
cerebellopontine angle (CPA). Their evolution and clinical features are distinctively …

Objectives Surgical approaches for epidermoid cysts of the cerebellopontine angle (CPA)
are dictated by tumor location. Previous reports have advocated the sacrifice of usable …

Brain tumors are a diverse group of neoplasms arising from different cells within the central
nervous system (CNS) or from systemic tumors that have metastasized to the CNS. The …

This study details our series of intracranial epidermoid cysts. A historical cohort of 110
epidermoid cysts that were excised from intracranial location over a 16 year period was …