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Case Rep Neurol Med. 2014;2014:801615. doi: 10.1155/2014/801615. Epub 2014 Dec 15.

Epidermoid causing ischemic stroke in the brainstem.

Case reports in neurological medicine

Raghvendra Ramdasi, Amit Mahore, Abhijeet Kulkarni, Vithal Rangarajan, Manoj Patil, Juhi Kawale

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India.
  2. Department of Medicine, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Parel, Mumbai 400012, India.

PMID: 25580320 PMCID: PMC4279849 DOI: 10.1155/2014/801615

Abstract

Intracranial tumors may rarely cause stroke. We report an epidermoid cyst causing stroke in a pediatric patient. We have also reviewed the literature and pathogenesis of stroke caused by intracranial tumors.

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