Skull vault hemangioma

Case contributed by Fakhry Mahmoud Ebouda
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Slowly growing frontal swelling of the skull for some time.

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Female

Note: This case has been tagged as "legacy" as it no longer meets image preparation and/or other case publication guidelines.

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T1 C+
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FLAIR
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Info

An expanding lesion is seen in the frontal bone of the skull vault. It appears low signal on T1 and high signal on T2 & FLAIR sequences. It shows intense homogenous enhancement in the post-contrast study. It has the appearance of sun-ray trabecular pattern.

 

Case Discussion

The MRI findings are compatible with skull vault hemangioma.

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