Cavernous hemangioma of the frontal bone: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Renato J Galzio¹  Mattia Del Maestro²  Daniele F Millimaggi²  Danilo De Paulis²  Domenico Murrone² 

[1] Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, Piazza S. Tommasi, Coppito, L’Aquila 67100, Italy;Department of Neurosurgery, San Salvatore City Hospital, via Vetoio, Coppito, L’Aquila 67100, Italy

关键词: Cranioplasty;    Cranial bone hemangioma;    Cavernous hemangioma;   

Others  :  822256
DOI  :  10.1186/1752-1947-8-121

 received in 2014-01-20, accepted in 2014-02-17,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Introduction

Cavernous hemangiomas are rare benign bone tumors and those at the level of the cranial bones are even rarer.

Case presentation

A 50-year-old woman of Italian ethnicity presented with a frontal mass. A computed tomography scan showed an osteolytic lesion and a magnetic resonance imaging scan revealed a hypointense lesion on the T1-weighted image and a hyperintense lesion on the T2-weighted image. We performed a tailored craniectomy and cranioplasty. Histological examination revealed a cavernous hemangioma.

Conclusions

These benign tumors do not have classic radiographic features and so can be misinterpreted as lesions like multiple myeloma or osteosarcoma. Consequently, the diagnosis is most often made during surgical resection.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Murrone et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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