Calvarial thickening
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Weerakkody Y, Sharma R, Elfeky M, et al. Calvarial thickening. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 28 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-24649
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- Causes of calvarial thickening
- Differential diagnosis of calvarial thickening
- Skull vault thickening
- Hyperostosis of skull
- Calvarial thickening
- Thickening of the cranial vault
- Cranial vault thickening
- skull thickening
- diffuse skull thickening
Calvarial thickening can occur from a number of causes. These include:
idiopathic
chronic ventricular shunting 1
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antiseizure medications
phenytoin 3
anemias (largely associated with massive hematopoiesis)
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certain sclerosing bone dysplasias
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References
- 1 Lucey BP, March GP, Hutchins GM. Marked calvarial thickening and dural changes following chronic ventricular shunting for shaken baby syndrome. Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 2003;127 (1): 94-7. Pubmed citation
- 2. Curé JK, Key LL, Goltra DD et-al. Cranial MR imaging of osteopetrosis. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2000;21 (6): 1110-5. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (full text) - Pubmed citation
- 3. Chow KM, Szeto CC. Cerebral atrophy and skull thickening due to chronic phenytoin therapy. CMAJ. 2007;176 (3): 321-3. CMAJ (full text) - doi:10.1503/cmaj.061171 - Free text at pubmed - Pubmed citation
- 4. Govender P, Byrne A, Lyburn ID et-al. Generalized skull vault thickening in association with a large arteriovenous malformation. Australas Radiol. 2006;50 (1): 66-7. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1673.2005.01528.x - Pubmed citation
- 5. Ihde LL, Forrester DM, Gottsegen CJ et-al. Sclerosing bone dysplasias: review and differentiation from other causes of osteosclerosis. Radiographics. 2011;31 (7): 1865-82. Radiographics (full text) - doi:10.1148/rg.317115093 - Pubmed citation
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Cases:
- Hyperostosis frontalis interna
- En plaque meningioma - sphenoid wing
- Hyperostosis frontoparietalis
- Hyperostosis frontalis interna
- Thalassaemia major - calvarial changes
- Meningioma invading the dural venous sinus
- Calvarial thickening from chronic shunting
- Chronic shunting and calvarium thickening
- Proteus syndrome
- Chronic phenytoin use
- Van Buchem's disease (hyperostosis corticalis generalisata)
- Calvarial thickening from chronic phenytoin use
- Phenytoin cerebellar degeneration
- Calvarial thickening from chronic ventricular shunting
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