| A Case of Calvarial Hemangioma in Cranioplasty Site. |
| Dong Wan Kang, Chang Hwa Choi |
| Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea. chwachoi@pusan.ac.kr |
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| ABSTRACT |
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It is not uncommon for hemangiomas to occur in the calvarium, accounting for about 10% of the benign skull tumors. A 46-year-old man was presented with a palpable scalp mass on the left parietal region. Past medical history indicated that he had undergone cranioplasty 25 years prior due to a depressed skull fracture suffered from a traffic accident. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed mixed signal intensity mass on T1 -and T2-weighted images pushing a linear signal void lesion outward in the left parietal region. After total surgical removal along with cranioplasty, he was discharged without neurological deficits. Histological examination of the surgical specimen revealed a cavernous hemangioma. A skull hemangioma occurring at the site of a cranioplasty has not yet been reported. Therefore, authors report this case in combination with a pertinent literature review. |
| Key Words:
Cavernous hemangioma; Calvarium; Cranioplasty |
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