Ruptured intracranial dermoid cyst

Case contributed by Nauman Akram
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Left sided weakness

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Male

Calcified walled left sellar and perasellar lesion with internal fat density material with additional fat locules in sylvian fissures bilaterally, sulci and right ambient cistern consistent with fat of ruptured dermoid cyst.
Additionally noted lacunar infarcts right basal ganglia.

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