Lipoma involving the skull. Case report.
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.
Tomabechi
M
M
Department of Neurosurgery, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
Sako
K
K
Daita
G
G
Yonemasu
Y
Y
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