title: Giant calvarial desmoplastic fibroblastoma.
abstract: We describe to our knowledge the first patient with giant desmoplastic fibroblastoma of the calvarium in a 20-year-old woman whose tumor first appeared at the age of 5 years. We also discuss the histopathological differential diagnosis, management dilemmas and complications of desmoplastic fibroblastoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dadlani
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, EPIP Area, Whitefield, Bangalore 560 066, India. Electronic address: nandita.g@rediffmail.com.
authors.forename: Nandita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ghosal
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Alangar S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Hegde
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Kanchan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018220:Fibroma, Desmoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012886:Skull; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Calvarium; Childhood; Desmoplastic fibroblastoma; Female; Skull