Skull vault epidermoid

Case contributed by Chris O'Donnell , 22 Aug 2014
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Tim Luijkx, 20 Nov 2015

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A benign, slow-growing lesion lesion of the skull due to aberrant epidermal inclusion in the calvarium.  Differential Differential diagnosis is Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a child/young adult, metastasis and plasmacytoma.  Key Key to diagnosis is the intradiploic location with well-demarcated lysis expanding both the inner and outer tables of the skull and well well defined borders.  The The MRI findings of marked restricted diffusion are typical of epidermoid.

  • -<p>A benign, slow-growing lesion of the skull due to aberrant epidermal inclusion in the calvarium.  Differential diagnosis is Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a child/young adult, metastasis and plasmacytoma.  Key to diagnosis is the intradiploic location with well-demarcated lysis expanding both the inner and outer tables of the skull and well defined borders.  The MRI findings of marked restricted diffusion are typical of epidermoid.</p>
  • +<p>A benign, slow-growing lesion of the skull due to aberrant epidermal inclusion in the calvarium. Differential diagnosis is Langerhans cell histiocytosis in a child/young adult, metastasis and plasmacytoma. Key to diagnosis is the intradiploic location with well-demarcated lysis expanding both the inner and outer tables of the skull and well defined borders. The MRI findings of marked restricted diffusion are typical of epidermoid.</p>
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