Dense base of the skull (differential)
Last revised by Francis Fortin
on 2 May 2018
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Bilodeau L, Fortin F, Dense base of the skull (differential). Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-58493
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Article created:
20 Feb 2018,
Laurent Bilodeau
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Last revised:
2 May 2018,
Francis Fortin
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The differential diagnosis for a dense base of the skull includes:
- Fibrous dysplasia
- Paget's disease
- Camurati-Engelmann disease
- Van Buchem disease
- osteopetrosis
- pyknodysostosis
- meningioma
- sclerosteosis
References
- 1. Aldona Bartuseviciene, Arturas Samuilis, Jovitas Skucas. Camurati–Engelmann disease: imaging, clinical features and differential diagnosis. (2009) Skeletal Radiology. 38 (11): 1037. doi:10.1007/s00256-008-0642-1 - Pubmed
- 2. Balemans, W et al. Localization of the gene for sclerosteosis to the van Buchem Disease-Gene Region on Chromosome 17q12-q21. Americal Journal of Human Genetics, 1999;6(64): 1999. http://www.cell.com/ajhg/abstract/S0002-9297(07)63668-4
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