title: Cranial fasciitis of childhood.
abstract: We present a child with a rapidly growing mass and lytic skull lesion that on pathologic evaluation was diagnosed as cranial fasciitis. This disease entity is not widely known by radiologists, and should be included in the differential diagnosis of lytic skull lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, DC 20010-2970.
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Bulas
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Chadduck
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chandra
mesh_terms: D005208:Fasciitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010015:Osteolysis, Essential / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D012535:Scalp; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed