Congenital cavernous hemangioma of the calvaria

BACKGROUND: Cavernous haemangiomas are rare benign bone tumours and those at the level of cranial bones are even rarer. The vertebral column is most often affected, followed by the skull. Calvarial cavernous haemangioma is rare, comprising about 0.2% of all benign neoplasms of the skull. CASE REPORT: We describe here, 2 patients with calvarial cavernous haemangioma that were localized frontally and parietally. The patients were of 45 years and 50 years of age, came with the history of dizziness and headache along with slow growing mass on frontal and parietal region respectively. The mass was soft to firm in consistency with freely mobile skin above the cavernoma sites. A computed tomography scan showed an osteolytic lesion with erosion of tabula externa. Total resection of the lesions and cranioplasty were performed in both the patients.Histopathology of the surgical sample revealed primary osseous cavernous type haemangioma showing large, thin walled, dilated capillary spaces lined by flattened endothelial cells without evidence of malignancy. CONCLUSION: Skull cavernous haemangioma are rare benign tumours. It should always be considered in the differential diagnosis of malignant skull lesions. Histopathological confirmation after surgical resection of tumour is the definitive method of diagnosis.

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“…4 Women are two times more commonly affected than men, although paediatric cases are also described. 11 Our both the patients were males.…”

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confidence: 78%

Primary Cavernous Haemagioma of the Skull: Report of 2 Cases

Shrivastava¹,

Vahikar²,

Shrivastava³

2015

jemds

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“…In addition, autologous bone grafts can be absorbed partially. Allograft materials options for cranioplasty are metallic mash plates, methyl methacrylate, hydroxyapatite and porous polyethylene with high density (13)(14)(15). In the different serious, complication rate changes between 5% and 30%.…”

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confidence: 99%

Congenital Calvarial Lymphangioma: A Case Report

Kızılay¹,

Yılmaz²,

Çırak³

2018

meandros

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“…The majority of these lesions are asymptomatic, but patients can present with focal pain or a palpable mass [3]. The great majority of reported cases of hemangiomas are unifocal but multiple hemangiomas have been reported.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The great majority of reported cases of hemangiomas are unifocal but multiple hemangiomas have been reported. Hemangiomas have been classified as cavernous which is predominant in hemangiomas of the skull, capillary or venous [3,4]. Plain radiography or CT scan reveals this lesion as solitary lytic lesion with a sclerotic rim, while MRI shows isointense on T1-weighted images and hyperintense on T2-weighted images, consistent with regions of slow-flowing blood [2,4].…”

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confidence: 99%