title: Cystic fibrous dysplasia of the skull presenting as an extradural mass. Case report.
abstract: This report describes a case of fibrous dysplasia of the skull, involving the right parietal, occipital and temporal bones, with complication caused by entrance of air into the extradural and subcutaneous spaces with intracranial hypertension. This type of complication has never been reported in the literature.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005357:Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000209:etiology*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed