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Congenital dermoid cysts over the anterior fontanel

Report on 13 cases in czechoslovak children

Child's Nervous System volume 5, pages 234–237 (1989)Cite this article

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The authors report on 13 cases of dermoid cysts over the anterior fontanelle in Czechoslovak children. These children were 2–19 months of age; with a male-to-female ratio of 2:1. The cyst sizes ranged from 10 to 30 mm. Hence, the number of cases published in the world so far in children has increased to 174. Simultaneously, the number of European cases has increased to 30 (17.2%). Nevertheless, the dominance of the reported cases is still 74 in America (42.5%) and 45 in Africa (25.9%).

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Faculty Charles University, CS-50036, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia

    Jan Pařízek, Stanislav Němeček & Jana Němečková

  2. Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty Charles University, CS-50036, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia

    Zdeněk Černoch & Miroslav Šercl

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Pařízek, J., Němeček, S., Němečková, J. et al. Congenital dermoid cysts over the anterior fontanel. Child's Nerv Syst 5, 234–237 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00271025

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Key words

  • Anterior fontanel
  • Dermoid cysts
  • Epidermoid cysts
  • Children