title: Lipoma involving the skull. Case report.
abstract: The case of an intraosseous lipoma involving the left frontal bone is reported. Lipomas of the bone are rare; only three cases of lipomas involving the skull have previously been reported. The differential diagnosis includes a healing bone infarction or fracture, meningioma, hemangioma, and fibrous dysplasia. Diagnosis prior to surgery is difficult.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomabechi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sako
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Daita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yonemasu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D005624:Frontal Bone; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed