1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-2-85-a 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-11-6 CNS Tumors Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Posterior Fossa Dermoids http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 11 1988 01 08 2016 2 11 85 85 Copyright: © 1988 The Author(s) 1988 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Dermoids of the posterior fossa. Case reports and review

Three children with dermoid cysts of the posterior fossa are reported from the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifen, and Hadassa Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.

 Posterior Fossa Ventriculo-Peritoneal Shunt Cerebellar Abscess

Three children with dermoid cysts of the posterior fossa are reported from the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifen, and Hadassa Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. Two presented with, acute meningitis at 1 and 2 yrs of age, and the third patient had hydrocephalus treated by ventriculo-peritoneal shunt at 7 mos and complicated by meningitis and cerebellar abscess at 9 mos of age. CT scans with enhancement and bone window setting revealed the midline bony defect and low density lesion with ring enhancement in the posterior fossa. [1]

COMMENT. Recurrent meningitis or brain abscess in an infant or young child should prompt a search for a sinus, fistula, and bone defect in the occipital area. Dermoid cysts of the cerebellum and posterior fossa account for 2% of intracranial tumors in children. Astrocytoma, medulloblastoma, brain stem glioma, and ependymoma of the IVth ventricle are the most frequently encountered IC tumors.

 Starinsky R Wald U Michowitz SD Lahat E Schiffer J Dermoids of the posterior fossa. Case reports and review Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1988 Dec 27 12 579 82 10.1177/000992288802701202 3056650