Rare Giant Infected Intradiploic Skull Epidermoid Cysts

Authors

Joshua S. Catapano, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, USA.Follow
Rohin Singh, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, USA.
Michael T. Lawton, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, USA.Follow
Shawn M. Stevens, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, USA.
Randall W. Porter, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, USA.

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Infections associated with giant intradiploic cranial epidermoid cysts are rare. This case report describes the successful surgical management of a 71-year-old diabetic man with a giant intradiploic cranial epidermoid cyst associated with a secondary infection. The patient underwent successful resection of the infected lesion with washout, debridement, and obliteration of the eustachian canal and external auditory canal. At the six-month follow-up, the infection was resolved and the patient was doing well clinically. Intradiploic epidermoid cysts are rare, and the presence of a superimposed otogenic infection is exceptionally rare and infrequently reported in the neurosurgical literature.

Publication Date

9-1-2022

Publication Title

Cureus

ISSN

2168-8184

Volume

14

Issue

9

First Page

e29375

PubMed ID

36299917

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.7759/cureus.29375

Recommended Citation

Catapano, Joshua S.; Singh, Rohin; Lawton, Michael T.; Stevens, Shawn M.; and Porter, Randall W., "Rare Giant Infected Intradiploic Skull Epidermoid Cysts" (2022). Neurosurgery. 1828.
https://scholar.barrowneuro.org/neurosurgery/1828