Calvarial masses of infants and children. A radiological approach

Clin Radiol. 2004 Jun;59(6):474-86. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2003.12.006.

Abstract

Children frequently present with asymptomatic head lumps that have been discovered by their parents or by their hairdressers. Other children present with painful lumps or symptoms of intra-cranial masses with calvarial involvement. Imaging plays an important role in the diagnosis of such masses and in subsequent surgical planning. We present a review of the types of lesion that may present in these ways.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bone Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Bone Diseases / pathology
  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Encephalocele / diagnosis
  • Hemangioma / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
  • Meningocele / diagnosis
  • Neurofibroma / diagnosis
  • Osteoma / diagnosis
  • Scalp Dermatoses / diagnosis*
  • Skull Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skull*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods