Open AccessSymptomatic Cerebral Ependymal Cyst : A Case Report
Author(s) -
P Rauf,
Aidil Mn,
KH Chan,
A Saufi,
Muhamad Fadli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international medical journal malaysia/iium medical journal malaysia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.139
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2735-2285
pISSN - 1823-4631
DOI - 10.31436/imjm.v18i1.229
Subject(s) - medicine , ommaya reservoir , cyst , craniotomy , magnetic resonance imaging , status epilepticus , radiology , surgery , epilepsy , chemotherapy , psychiatry
Cerebral ependymal cyst is a rare benign neuroepithelial cyst. We report a case of cerebral ependymal cyst in a 62-year-old lady who presented with status epilepticus. She gave history of progressive right occipital headache over a year. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain showed a large occipital cyst. She underwent a right craniotomy, deroofing of the cyst and insertion of Ommaya catheter. The clinicopathological aspects of the cyst are discussed.