title: Rare primary cranial vault and base of the skull tumors in children. Report of 30 cases with a short literature review.
abstract: Twenty-six cases of rare primary cranial vault tumors are reported, together with 4 cases of primary tumors of the base of the skull and 3 cases of monostotic cranial neuroblastoma. Whereas some rare primary cranial vault tumors may present with characteristic radiographic patterns (e.g. hemangioma, aneurysmal bone cyst, osteoma, progonoma), most of them can be recognised only after histology. The most frequent tumor in the region of previous irradiation is osteosarcoma. The only "common" primary bone tumor of the base of the skull is chordoma. The radiological differential diagnosis of primary tumors of the skull vault and base is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kozlowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: McAlister
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Babyn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cama
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Masel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pelizza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taccone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*