title: Osteomas of the skull: comparison of magnetic resonance imaging and histological findings.
abstract: Magnetic resonance (MR) images of five patients with osteomas of the skull and six patients with other primary skull tumors were reviewed. All osteomas appeared as low-intensity areas on T1-weighted images. T2-weighted images showed homogeneous low-intensity areas in two dense osteomas, a high-intensity area in one spongy osteoma, and mixed intensity areas in two mixed spongy and dense osteomas, respectively. The signal intensities of osteomas on T2-weighted MR images correlated well with the histological findings. Other skull tumors showed no specific MR imaging appearance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshii
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nose
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed