title: Frontal intraosseous cryptic hemangioma presenting with supraorbital neuralgia.
abstract: Primary intraosseous cranial hemangiomas are rare benign tumors comprising 0.2% of all osseous neoplasms. Symptomatic cranial cryptic hemangiomas are extremely rare. We report the case of a 43-year-old man with a cryptic hemangioma of the superior orbital rim. Radiological investigations revealed it to be an intraosseous cryptic mass which was totally excised and the supraorbital nerve was decompressed, relieving the patient of his symptoms. Histopathology showed features of an intraosseous hemangioma.
authors.affiliation: The National Neurosurgical Centre, Khoula Hospital, Muscat, Oman. rrsharma@gto.net.om
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pawar
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Lad
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Netalkar
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Musa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005157:Facial Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D009918:Orbital Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome