title: [Pathogenesis of osteoma of the skull].
abstract: The sites of osteomas of the frontal and temporal bone are mostly the sutures and only rarely the flat bones. In a retrospective analysis of 12 osteomas, we found that the localisation influences the histological architecture: In osteomas of suture origin, the fibrovascular component is significantly reduced. The aetiopathogenesis of these benign osteogenic tumours is discussed.
authors.affiliation: HNO-Universitätsklinik Münster.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Oostvogel
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Hüttenbrink
mesh_terms: D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D003393:Cranial Sutures / Q000473:pathology; D005005:Ethmoid Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010016:Osteoma / Q000473:pathology*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology