title: Anterior skull base osteoid osteoma: case report.
abstract: Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumour which rarely occurs in the skull. A case of such a tumour in the posterior ethmoid region bulging into the anterior cranial fossa is reported in a 42-year-old woman who presented with intense frontal headaches. Excision of the tumour was performed through a subfrontal approach.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Department, Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Grayeli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Redondo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sterkers
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003399:Craniotomy; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed