CHRONIC PROLIFERATIVE OSTEITIS OF THE SKULL

Chronic proliferative osteitis of the skull.

Case 1.-This patient was a man of 42 years. Twentyone years before, a left posterior frontal abscess had appeared spontaneously under the scalp. The abscess ruptured after three weeks, and thereafter a chronic sinus discharged intermittently. Local surgical exploration was undertaken on three occasions at long intervals, at the latest of which, bone an inch thick was chiselled away, releasing s...

Gummatous osteitis of the skull.

A single man aged 65 years was referred to the Department of Venereology in 1949 on account of extensive necrosis of the skull and gangrene of the right foot. The precipitating factor was an obnoxious smell, attributed to a blocked drain, which was reported by some of his neighbours to the local Sanitary Authority. Through the Medical Officer of Health, the patient was eventually compelled to a...

Tuberculous osteitis of the skull in a child.

Tuberculosis is endemic in developing countries. However, skull tuberculosis is uncommon with few cases reported in the literature. We report a 10-year-old boy admitted for a left parietal painless swelling. A CT scan demonstrated a left parietal bony defect, destroying both inner and outer tables. This was associated with an enhanced epidural collection and scalp swelling. The patient was oper...

Multifocal skeletal tuberculosis presenting as osteitis skull and atlantoaxial dislocation.

The skull in chronic sarcoidosis.

A report of a 63 year old woman with giant osteolytic skull lesions simulating metastatic disease, and generalized cutaneous lesions is presented. Biopsy of a skin lesion revealed non-caseating granulomas compatible with sarcoidosis. The literature dealing with calvarial sarcoidosis is reviewed.