Unusual radiological appearance of a skull osteoma

A 24-year-old woman presented with a 7-week history of headache and left frontal scalp swelling. A plain radiograph and CT demonstrated a 2-cm lytic lesion in the frontal bone which was excised via craniotomy. Histology showed this to be an osteoma. Osteomas very rarely, if ever, appear as lytic les...

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Published inBritish journal of neurosurgery Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 332 - 334
Main Authors MEHTA, J. S, SHARR, M. M, PENNEY, C. C
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Informa UK Ltd 01.06.1999
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Female
Humans
Lytic Lesion;Osteoma
Medical sciences
Osteoma - diagnostic imaging
Skull Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tumors of striated muscle and skeleton
Human
Radiodiagnosis
Diseases of the osteoarticular system
Exploration
Case study
Radiography
Osteoma
Lysis
Skull disease
Medical imagery
Skull
Computerized axial tomography
Frontal bone
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Summary:A 24-year-old woman presented with a 7-week history of headache and left frontal scalp swelling. A plain radiograph and CT demonstrated a 2-cm lytic lesion in the frontal bone which was excised via craniotomy. Histology showed this to be an osteoma. Osteomas very rarely, if ever, appear as lytic lesions. The differential and radiological diagnoses are discussed.
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ISSN:0268-8697
1360-046X
DOI:10.1080/02688699943808