title: Unusual osteolytic midline lesion of the skull: benign osteoblastoma of the parietal bone.
abstract: The authors report the case of a 5-year-old girl who presented with a parietal midline sub-scalp lesion. Skull radiographs demonstrated a lytic lesion surrounded by a sclerotic rim that resembled a dermoid cyst of the cranium. Histopathological analysis proved that the lesion was a benign osteoblastoma. As in other calvarial masses of uncertain nature, after diagnostic workup, we recommend surgical excision both for diagnosis and for treatment.
authors.affiliation: Regional Service of Neurosurgery, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lage
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torroba
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poza
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed