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We report a patient with an epidermoid carcinoma an extremely rare brain tumour, in the right cerebellopontine angle cistern. Contrast enhancement is the most important feature for differential diagnosis of epidermoid carcinomas from atypical benign epidermoid cysts.
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Uchino, A., Hasuo, K., Matsumoto, S. et al. Intracranial epidermoid carcinoma: CT and MRI. Neuroradiology 37, 155–158 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00588635
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