Sylvian cistern dermoid cyst presenting with dysgeusia

KOCAELİ H., Korfali E., DOĞAN Ş., Savran M.

ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA, cilt.151, sa.5, ss.561-563, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 151 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2009
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s00701-009-0261-1
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA NEUROCHIRURGICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.561-563
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

It is rare for a patient with a dermoid cyst (DC) to present with taste dysfunction. A 58-year-old man presented with an altered sense of taste. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed a mass lesion in the right insula with compression effect. The tumour was resected and was found to be a DC. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient resumed his usual taste sensation within the early postoperative period. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a sylvian cistern DC that presented with dysgeusia.