A unique case of calvarial hemangioma

BACKGROUND: Calvarial hemangiomas are one of the rarest neoplasms affecting the skull, predominantly occurring in parietal and frontal bones. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a parietal hemangioma in a middle-aged female which presented as a painless swelling that was progressively increasing in size and...

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Autores principales: Kirmani, Altaf Rehman, Sarmast, Arif Hussain, Bhat, Abdul Rashid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Surgical Neurology International: Cerebrovascular
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4901824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27313966
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.183498
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description BACKGROUND: Calvarial hemangiomas are one of the rarest neoplasms affecting the skull, predominantly occurring in parietal and frontal bones. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a parietal hemangioma in a middle-aged female which presented as a painless swelling that was progressively increasing in size and was treated surgically. CONCLUSION: Although rare, calvarial hemangioma should be a part of the differential diagnosis of calvarial swellings.
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spelling pubmed-49018242016-06-16 A unique case of calvarial hemangioma Kirmani, Altaf Rehman Sarmast, Arif Hussain Bhat, Abdul Rashid Surg Neurol Int Surgical Neurology International: Cerebrovascular BACKGROUND: Calvarial hemangiomas are one of the rarest neoplasms affecting the skull, predominantly occurring in parietal and frontal bones. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a parietal hemangioma in a middle-aged female which presented as a painless swelling that was progressively increasing in size and was treated surgically. CONCLUSION: Although rare, calvarial hemangioma should be a part of the differential diagnosis of calvarial swellings. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016-06-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4901824/ /pubmed/27313966 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.183498 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Surgical Neurology International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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