Brain 17 Vienna

Intracranial Dermoid and Epidermoid tumours Value of surgery

• 1-2% of all intracranial tumours. Congenital, slow-growing • Develop between 3 rd and 5 th weeks of gestation from ectodermal remnants during neural tube formation • ”Pearly tumours” (Cruveilhier) • “The most beautiful tumours of the body (Dandy)