Plain film of skull
Musculoskeletal system
Case TypeClinical Cases
Authors Patient26 years, male
On plain radiographs there may be single or multiple lesions, which are predominantly sclerotic but may be lucent. When expansion occurs it tends to be outwards with bulging of the outer skull table, which remains intact. Computed tomography is useful to show the extent of bone involvement, as well as the extracortical involvement. The main differential diagnosis is Paget's disease where the features of facial bone involvement and prominence of the external occipital protruberance are less common and the skull tables may be destroyed. Hypervascularity of fibrous dysplasia of the skull is an unusual association which may present with recurrent haemorrhage.
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URL: | https://www.eurorad.org/case/1641 |
DOI: | 10.1594/EURORAD/CASE.1641 |
ISSN: | 1563-4086 |