title: [Tumors and space-occupying abnormalities of the skull calotte].
abstract: Clinical and demographic data as well as the course of illness were analyzed in a retrospective study of 50 patients with a primary tumor or a malformation of the calvarial bones. The most frequent histological diagnosis was "eosinophilic granuloma of bone" (found in 42% of cases), followed by hemangioma, osteoma, dermoid, epidermoid and malignant tumors, and fibrous dysplasia. Local recurrence was observed in 1 patient with ossifying fibroma and 1 with a dermoid tumor, while further dissemination of illness was observed in 3 patients with "eosinophilic granuloma". In these cases, systemic drug therapy is needed. The necessity of an intensive search for further signs of illness and long follow-up periods in patients with primary localized histiocytosis X is stressed.
authors.affiliation: Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steinmeier
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huk
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fahlbusch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006646:Histiocytosis, Langerhans-Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Tumoren und raumfordernde Fehlbildungen der Schädelkalotte.