Journal of Medical Cases, ISSN 1923-4155 print, 1923-4163 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 1, Number 3, December 2010, pages 94-97

Oiled Brain and Status Epilepticus: Intraventricular and Subarachnoid Rupture of a Temporal Dermoid Cyst

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Axial T1-weighted sequence without gadolinium showing a left temporal heterogeneous mass with hyperintense droplets in the basal cisterns and in the left temporal tip subdural space.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Sagittal T1-weighted sequence without gadolinium demonstrating the extent of the oily clots dissemination reaching the posterior fossa, the pituitary fossa, the optic nerves and the cortical sulci.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Axial T1-weighted sequence without contrast. Hyperintense clots spread to the left Sylvian fissure and within both lateral ventricles.
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Peroperative view showing the subdural fatty clots adherent to the pterional dura (arrows).