title: Benign osteoblastoma of the parietal bone.
abstract: A 5-year-old girl presented with a 1-year history of a subcutaneous swelling in the right parietal region. There were no cerebral symptoms or signs. Plain X-ray of the skull showed a lytic bony lesion with sclerotic margin. Computed tomography showed a hypodense, osteolytic lesion with thinned and bulged inner and outer skull tables with intact continuity. There was no intracranial lesion. At operation, the mass was found to be pink and granular, and was totally enucleated. Histology revealed it to be a benign osteoblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: al Amin
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Chaudhri
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: al Moutaery
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000473:pathology; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000473:pathology; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery