Skull vault thickening

Paget disease

(bone) • Paget disease of the skull - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Gaillard, F. Paget disease of the skull. Case study, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 20 Oct 2022) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-2639 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

Teenager with

a seizure disorder on anti-seizure medication. Axial CT without contrast of the brain shows diffuse thickening of the diploic spaces in the skull.The diagnosis was calvarial thickening due to phenytoin usage.

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Calvarial

thickening • Calvarial thickening from chronic ventricular shunting - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Morgan M, Calvarial thickening from chronic ventricular shunting. Case study, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-31883 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

Calvarial

thickening • Calvarial thickening from chronic phenytoin use - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Lorensini B, Calvarial thickening from chronic phenytoin use. Case study, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-35693 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

Osteopetrosis

• Osteopetrosis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Ibrahim D, Osteopetrosis. Case study, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 05 Jan 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-47411 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

McCune-Albright

syndrome • Fibrous dysplasia - polyostotic form - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Di Muzio, B. Fibrous dysplasia - polyostotic form. Case study, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 20 Oct 2022) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-12166 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

Pituitary

macroadenoma • Acromegaly - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Kuok, Y. Acromegaly. Case study, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 20 Oct 2022) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-18990 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

Calvarial

thickening • Thalassemia - hair on end sign - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Niknejad M, Thalassemia - hair on end sign. Case study, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-21052 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

Extramedullary

hematopoiesis • Thalassemia - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Niknejad, M. Thalassemia. Case study, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 20 Oct 2022) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-84846 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

Hyperostosis

frontalis interna • Hyperostosis frontoparietalis - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Thakur, A. Hyperostosis frontoparietalis. Case study, Radiopaedia.org. (accessed on 09 Nov 2022) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-92180 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

Calvarial

thickening • Chronic shunting and calvarium thickening - Ganzer Fall bei Radiopaedia

Mehrnahad M, Chronic shunting and calvarium thickening. Case study, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 24 May 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-52685 • CC by-nc-sa 3.0 (modified)

Young adult

with sickle cell disease and a headache. Axial (above left), coronal (above right) and sagittal (below) CT without contrast of the skull shows diffuse massive thickening of the diploic space of the skull. The diagnosis was calvarial thickening due to marrow hyperplasia in a patient with sickle cell disease.

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Calvarial thickening can occur from a number of causes. These include:

idiopathic
chronic ventricular shunting
antiepileptics
- phenytoin
osteopetrosis
fibrous dysplasia
acromegaly
anemias (largely associated with massive hematopoiesis)
Paget disease
hyperparathyroidism
certain sclerosing bone dysplasias
- hyperostosis corticalis generalisata
  - van Buchem disease
- osteopetrosis
- Truswell-Hansen disease (sclerosteosis)
- Worth disease
- Nakamura disease
cerebral arteriovenous malformations : rare
Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome

Skull vault thickening

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