Frontal intraosseous cryptic hemangioma presenting with supraorbital neuralgia

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1999 Sep;101(3):215-9. doi: 10.1016/s0303-8467(99)00047-5.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Facial Pain / etiology*
  • Hemangioma / complications
  • Hemangioma / diagnosis*
  • Hemangioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hemangioma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / complications
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Orbital Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Orbital Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome