BACKGROUND Since 1976, 10 cases of intradiploic encephaloceles have been reported in the literature. This case is the first report of a spontaneous intradiploic meningoencephalocele of the frontal bone hypothesized to be secondary to distant head trauma. CASE DESCRIPTION A 60-year-old female with a history of multiple traumatic head injuries as a child presenting with new onset generalized to...

We present the case of a 64-year-old woman who came to Emergency Services with a left frontal mass that was painful when palpated. The mass had a history of 3 days, lacking affectation of ocular motility and nasal symptoms. With the diagnostic suspicion of frontal mucocele, she was admitted to begin antibiotic treatment. In the CT performed, the image showed mainly left frontal occupation with ...

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) is a malignant neoplasm, which accounts for 5-10% of all salivary gland tumors (1). About 50% of these tumors originate from intraoral minor salivary glands usually in the hard palate (1). Three clinically obvious characteristics of AdCC include slow growth rate, perineural invasion and high incidence of distant metastasis (1). The most commonly-affected sites of...

We present the case of a 64-year-old woman who came to Emergency Services with a left frontal mass that was painful when palpated. The mass had a history of 3 days, lacking affectation of ocular motility and nasal symptoms. With the diagnostic suspicion of frontal mucocele, she was admitted to begin antibiotic treatment. In the CT performed, the image showed mainly left frontal occupation with ...

Intraosseous hemangioma is a rare bone tumor accounting for 0.7%-1.0% of all bone tumors. In the skull, frontal bone is the commonly involved bone. An 8-year-old female presented to our outpatient department with complaints of pain and swelling over forehead for 4 months. X-ray revealed a lytic expansile lesion involving frontal bone with sunburst pattern of bony spicules radiating to periphery...