Growing skull fracture simulating a rounded lytic calvarial lesion.
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چکیده
Growing skull fracture is a rare complication of head injury in which 90% of the cases occur among children less than 3 years old. Only two cases have been reported in the adult population [1, 2]. We report a rounded lytic skull defect in a 75-year-old man that was surgically and pathologically determined to be a growing skull fracture despite a deceptive radiologic appearance simulating a lytic calvarial lesion. The typical features of a growing skull fracture are discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
دوره 12 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991