Giant intradiploic epidermoid cysts of the skull. A report of eight cases

Giant intradiploic epidermoid cyst of the skull is a rare tumour. Only a sm all number of cases have been reported. Over a 16-year period, we treated e ight cases of giant intradiploic epidermoid cyst of the skull. All cases we re between 19 and 45 years of age, except one aged of 61 years. Five cases presented with local swellings, three patients came with infection and one had an extradural abscess. All the patients were operated upon after adequa te preoperative care. Patients with infection required appropriate antibiot ics. Total or near total excision was carried out in all. One patient devel oped postoperative infection. So for those have been no recurrences. This a ppears to be the largest series of giant intradiploic epidermoid cyst of th e skull so far reported.