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Query: UMLS:C0344232 (blurred vision)
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A 29-year-old woman presented with a 1-year history of blurred vision in her left eye while chewing. Examination revealed a rubbery mass with ill-defined borders in the superotemporal brow region. Imaging studies demonstrated a cystic lesion extending from the temporal fossa into the orbit through a bony defect in the lateral orbital wall, assuming a dumbbell configuration. Histopathology of the excised specimen confirmed the clinical diagnosis of a dermoid cyst of cutaneous origin. We believe that the patient's visual disturbance was caused by transient displacement of orbital contents by the dermoid cyst as it was compressed into the orbit during mastication. Dermoid cysts are frequently associated with bony defects, which may require preoperative imaging and may produce unexpected symptoms.
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PMID:Chewing-induced visual impairment from a dumbbell dermoid cyst. 907 85

An 85-year-old female presented with a 3-month history of worsening hyperlacrimation and blurred vision following blunt head injury. Her past medical history was unremarkable. Her blood examination identified no abnormal findings. Neuroophthalmological inspection revealed extraocular movement disorder and mild exophthalmos on the affected side. Her visual acuity was not disturbed. Neuroimaging showed a cystic mass located extraconally in the superolateral compartment of the anterior orbit, without enhancement by contrast medium. Surgical exploration resulted in escape of chocolate-colored, liquefied hematoma during dissection. No vascular lesion was found. A grayish-white cyst wall was found adhering strongly to the lateral and superior rectus muscles. The lacrimal gland was not identified. The mass was totally resected. Histological examination indicated dermoid cyst with inflammatory interstitial hemorrhage. No component of vascular malformation or atypia was found. Hyperlacrimation and extraocular movement improved postoperatively. We thought that the previous blunt head injury might have induced intratumoral hemorrhage in the preexisting dermoid cyst and that the escaped contents caused inflammatory irritation, resulting in the hyperlacrimation. Dermoid cyst may show atypical presentation with intratumoral hemorrhage and should always be included in the differential diagnosis of orbital tumor.
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PMID:Orbital dermoid cyst with intratumoral inflammatory hemorrhage: case report. 1871 27

In this study, we report a rare case of intradiploic dermoid cyst in a patient who developed rapid symptoms of intracranial hypertension (ICH) that mimicked Pseudotumor cerebri syndrome clinically. A 25-year-old female presented with a history of headache, nausea, vertigo and blurred vision in the past 4 months. Images revealed a small supratentorial extradural intradiploic tumor. A midline occipital craniotomy was performed and total removal of the dermoid cyst was accomplished. Present case demonstrated that dermoid cysts can be considered an exceptionally rare basic cause of ICH.
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PMID:Intradiploic dermoid cyst: a rare cause of intracranial hypertension. 2407 88

Supratentorial dermoid cysts are uncommon to develop in the cavernous sinus. We present a ruptured dermoid cyst of the cavernous sinus extending into the posterior fossa. The patient was a 32-year-old female who complained occipital headache, blurred vision, and tinnitus over 4 years. Brain magnetic resonance (MR) imaging revealed an enhanced tumor in the right cavernous sinus extending into the right temporal base and the posterior fossa with findings of ruptured cyst. Surgical resection was performed, and pathological findings were confirmed to be a dermoid cyst. We report a second case with ruptured dermoid cyst of the cavernous sinus extending into the posterior fossa.
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PMID:A Ruptured Dermoid Cyst of the Cavernous Sinus Extending into the Posterior Fossa. 2611 64