title: Giant occipital osteoid osteoma mimicking calcified meningioma.
abstract: Osteoid osteoma is a benign bone tumor, which rarely occurs in the skull, and often causes local pain that is worse at night, characteristically relieved by aspirin. Giant osteoid osteoma in the occipital bone is uncommon. We present a case of a 42-year-old female with an osteoid osteoma of the occipital bone that was totally resected. We discuss the clinical presentation, radiographic findings, and differential diagnosis of occipital osteoid osteoma.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Oncology Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Fuat
authors: F
authors: Erten
authors: Askin E
authors: AE
authors: Hasturk
authors: Isin
authors: I
authors: Pak
authors: Omer
authors: O
authors: Sokmen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008579:Meningioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery