title: Multiple osteomas of the falx cerebri and anterior skull base: case report.
abstract: The authors describe a rare case of intracranial extraaxial parafalcine and anterior skull base osteomas in a 22-year-old woman presenting with bifrontal headaches. This case highlights the possible occurrence of such lesions along the anterior skull base and parafalcine region that, as such, should be considered as part of the differential diagnosis for extraaxial calcific lesions involving the anterior skull base. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first reported case of a patient who underwent complete successful resection of multiple extraaxial osteomas of the anterior skull base and parafalcine region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, and.
authors.forename: Khaled M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Krisht
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah.
authors.forename: Cheryl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neurosciences Center, and.
authors.forename: William T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Couldwell
mesh_terms: D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D019292:Skull Base Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: CT; anterior skull base; differential; falx cerebri; oncology; osteoma; parafalcine