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¹Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Nöroşirürji, Anabilim Dalı, Erzurum
²Atatürk Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı, Erzurum An 8 year-old-child had a progressive paraparesis over a five months period due to a thoracic intramedullary epidermoid cyst. Surgical removal of the cyst was followed by a dramatic improvement. This is the fifth report documenting a purely intramedullary epidermoid cyst occuring in a child. The frequency, epidemiology, etiology, pathology and surgical treatment of intramedullary epidermoid cysts are discussed. Anahtar Kelimeler : Epidermoid cyst, dermoid cyst, intramedullary tumor, spinal tumor