Brain 17 Vienna

Intracranial Dermoid and Epidermoid tumours

Value of surgery

• 1-2% of all intracranial tumours. Congenital, slow-growing

• Develop between 3

and 5

weeks of gestation from

ectodermal remnants during neural tube formation

• ”Pearly tumours” (Cruveilhier)

• “The most beautiful tumours of the body (Dandy)