Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Intracranial dermoid cysts with nasal dermal sinuses

  • Special Cases
  • Published:
Acta Neurochirurgica Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Summary

Dermal sinuses penetrating the dura are important in that they may be complicated by C.N.S. infection, and this complication can be prevented by early surgery. Although well recognised over the occiput and lumbar spine, nasal dermal sinuses extending intracranially are much rarer and have received little attention in the neurosurgical literature. Two unique cases are presented, together with a literature review, discussing the anatomy, radiology, and management of the condition.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Bradley PJ (1883) The complex nasal dermoid. Head Neck Surg 5: 469–473

    Google Scholar 

  2. Clarke WD, Bailey BJ, Stiernberg CM (1985) Nasal dermoids with intracranial involvement. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 93: 102–104

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Guidetti B, Gagliardi FM (1977) Epidermoid and dermoid cysts: clinical evaluation and late surgical results. J Neurosurg 47: 12–18

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Hamilton JG (1960) A case of dermal sinus of the nose with frontal suppuration. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 23: 239–241

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Khan MA, Gibb AG (1970) Median dermoid cysts of the nose, familial occurrence. J Laryngol Otol 42: 709–718

    Google Scholar 

  6. Littlewood AHM (1961) Congenital nasal dermoid cysts and fistulas. Plast Reconstr Surg 27: 471–488

    Google Scholar 

  7. Littlewood AHM (1961) Congenital nasal dermoid cysts and fistulae. Br J Plast Surg 14: 169–179

    Google Scholar 

  8. Logue V, Till K (1952) Posterior fossa dermoids with a special reference to intracranial infection. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 15: 1–12

    Google Scholar 

  9. Matson DD, Ingraham FD (1951) Intracranial complications of congenital dermal sinuses. Pediatrics 8: 463–474

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. McLean GE, Broadbent TR, Woolfe RM (1964) Dermoid cysts of the nose. Am Surg 30: 203–206

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  11. McQuown SA, Smith JD, Gallo AE (1983) Intracranial extension of nasal dermoids. Neurosurgery 12: 531–535

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  12. Mühlbauer WD, Dittmar W (1976) Hereditary median dermoid cysts of the nose. Br J Plast Surg 29: 334–340

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  13. Okuda Y, Oi S (1987) Nasal dermal sinus and dermoid cyst with intrafacial extension. Childs Nerv Syst 3: 40–43

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  14. Pensler JM, Bauer BS, Naidich TP (1988) Craniofacial dermoids. Plast Reconstr Surg 82: 953–957

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  15. Plewes JL, Jacobson I(1971) Familial frontonasal dermoid cysts: report of 4 cases. J Neurosurg 34: 683–686

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  16. Pratt LW (1965) Midline cysts of the nasal dorsum: embryologic origins and treatment. Laryngoscope 75: 968–980

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

  17. Sessions RB (1982) Nasal dermoid sinuses — new concepts and explanations. Laryngoscope [Suppl] 92: 1–28

    Google Scholar 

  18. Tan TI (1972) Epidermoids and dermoids of the central nervous system. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 26: 13–24

    Google Scholar 

  19. Tytus JS, Pennybacker J (1956) Pearly tumours in relation to the central nervous system. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 19: 241–259

    Google Scholar 

  20. Uglietta JP, Boyko OB, Rippe DJ, Fuller GN, Schiffe SJ, Heinz ER (1989) Intracerebral extension of a nasal dermoid cyst: CT appearance. J Comput Assist Tomogr 13: 1061–1064

    PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK

    H. L. Brydon

Authors
  1. H. L. Brydon
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Brydon, H.L. Intracranial dermoid cysts with nasal dermal sinuses. Acta neurochir 118, 185–188 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401307

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01401307

Keywords

Search

Navigation