Multiple osteomas of the falx cerebri and anterior skull base: case report

J Neurosurg. 2016 May;124(5):1339-42. doi: 10.3171/2015.6.JNS15865. Epub 2015 Nov 20.

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.

Keywords: CT; anterior skull base; differential; falx cerebri; oncology; osteoma; parafalcine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Craniotomy / methods
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnostic imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery*
  • Osteoma / diagnosis*
  • Osteoma / pathology
  • Osteoma / surgery*
  • Reoperation
  • Skull Base Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Skull Base Neoplasms / pathology
  • Skull Base Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult