Solitary lucent skull lesion

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Solitary lucent lesion of the skull is a relatively frequent finding. The differential is heavily influenced by the patient's age.

Older adult/elderly

metastasis/malignancy
epidermoid and dermoid
haemangioma
intraosseous meningioma
haemangiopericytoma
giant cell tumour (GCT)
Brown tumour (osteitis fibrosa cystica)
Paget disease of bone (osteoporosis circumscripta)
osteomyelitis
normal variant
surgical defect, e.g. burr-hole

Child/young adult

Image 1 MRI (T2) ( update )

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~~Thyroid Metastasis~~Case 1: thyroid metastasis

Image 2 MRI (T1 C+ fat sat) ( update )

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Case 2: tuberculous skull osteomyelitis with cerebral granulomas

Image 3 X-ray (Lateral) ( update )

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~~Eosinophilic~~Case 3: eosinophilic granuloma

Image 4 CT (bone window) ( update )

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~~Intraosseous~~Case 4: intraosseous meningioma

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Solitary lucent skull lesion

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Older adult/elderly

Child/young adult

See also

Image 1 MRI (T2) ( update )

Image 2 MRI (T1 C+ fat sat) ( update )

Image 3 X-ray (Lateral) ( update )

Image 4 CT (bone window) ( update )