Large intraosseous lipoma of the skull:A case report and review of the literature

Intraosseous lipomas occurring within the skull is rare. Currently, the known locations include frontal bone, parietal bone, temporal bone and ethmoid bone. Thus far, we have found only 12 cases of lipoma at the top of the forehead on the skull, and only 2 cases of recurrent intraosseous lipoma have been reported. The intraosseous lipoma patient described in this article is a 3-year-old male child, the youngest of the 12 known cases of intraosseous lipoma of the skull, and the patient had repeated relapses.
Source: World Neurosurgery - Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Tags: Case Report Source Type: research