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We present the MR imaging findings in a patient who developed tetraventricular hydrocephalus after massive rupture of dermoid cysts with generalized subarachnoid and ventricular spread of cyst contents. The development of tetraventricular hydrocephalus due to ruptured dermoid is a very unusual complication, and was attributed to cyst contents interfering with passage of cerebrospinal fluid through the arachnoid granulations and fourth ventricular outlet foramina.
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Received: 31 January 2000; Revised: 3 March 2000; Accepted: 16 March 2000
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Karabulut, N., Oğuzkurt, L. Tetraventricular hydrocephalus due to ruptured intracranial dermoid cyst. Eur Radiol 10, 1810–1811 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300000440
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300000440