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This lesion was heterogeneously hyperintense on<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content>2\u2010weighted and fluid attenuation inversion recovery (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FLAIR<\/jats:styled-content>) images and hypointense on<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">T<\/jats:styled-content>1\u2010weighted images. Dilatation of the ventricular system was present. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">VPS<\/jats:styled-content>) was placed and the fourth ventricle was approached by suboccipital craniectomy. An oval, white mass was identified in the fourth ventricle. Subtotal removal of the mass was performed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>On the day after surgery, neurologic deterioration was observed. The dog had severe cerebellar and brainstem dysfunction. Histopathologic examination of the removed tissue revealed an epidermoid cyst. 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