Open-access Cerebral cholesterol granuloma: case report

Granuloma de colesterol cerebral: relato de caso

Abstracts

Intracranial cholesterol granulomas are rare lesions, and have been registered in petrous apex region. The presence of an intracerebral cholesterol granuloma is an uncommun event. We report the case of a 20-years-old woman who undergone craniotomy for resection of a temporal mass. Pathologic examination show a cholesterol granuloma.

granuloma, foreign-body; cholesterol; brain diseases


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