Diploic space expansion ± adjacent cortical thickening
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Warne RR et al: The bone does not predict the brain in Sturge-Weber syndrome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 39(8):1543-49, 2018
Wilson M et al: Fibro-osseous lesions of the skull base in the pediatric population. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 79(1):31-6, 2018
Tomlinson AR et al: Pediatric calvarial bone thickness in patients with and without aural atresia. Otol Neurotol. 38(10):1470-75, 2017
Borra VM et al: Localization of the gene for X-linked calvarial hyperostosis to chromosome Xq27.3-Xqter. Bone. 58:67-71, 2014
Sharma B et al: Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome: a clinicoradiological amalgam. BMJ Case Rep. 2014, 2014
May H et al: Intracranial volume, cranial thickness, and hyperostosis frontalis interna in the elderly. Am J Hum Biol. 24(6):812-9, 2012
Suoranta S et al: Thickened skull, scoliosis and other skeletal findings in Unverricht-Lundborg disease link cystatin B function to bone metabolism. Bone. 51(6):1016-24, 2012
Akhaddar A et al: Nonsuppurative calvarial thickening: a new form of Garré disease? J Neurosurg. 110(4):808, 2009
Lisle DA et al: Imaging of craniofacial fibrous dysplasia. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 52(4):325-32, 2008
Sharma RR et al: Symptomatic cranial fibrous dysplasias: clinico-radiological analysis in a series of eight operative cases with follow-up results. J Clin Neurosci. 9(4): 381-90, 2002
Smith SE et al: From the archives of the AFIP. Radiologic spectrum of Paget disease of bone and its complications with pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 22(5): 1191-216, 2002
Lazzeri S et al: Epidermal nevus syndrome: MR of intracranial involvement. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 14(5): 1255-7, 1993
Atalar MH et al: Cerebral hemiatrophy (Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome) in childhood: clinicoradiological analysis of 19 cases. 49(1):70-5, Pediatr
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Skull thickening (ST), calvarial thickening
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Diploic space expansion ± adjacent cortical thickening
IMAGING
General Features
Radiographic Findings
CT Findings
MR Findings
Nuclear Medicine Findings
Imaging Recommendations
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
PATHOLOGY
General Features
Microscopic Features
CLINICAL ISSUES
Presentation
Demographics
Natural History & Prognosis
Treatment
DIAGNOSTIC CHECKLIST
Consider
Image Interpretation Pearls
Reporting Tips
Selected References
Warne RR et al: The bone does not predict the brain in Sturge-Weber syndrome. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 39(8):1543-49, 2018
Wilson M et al: Fibro-osseous lesions of the skull base in the pediatric population. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 79(1):31-6, 2018
Tomlinson AR et al: Pediatric calvarial bone thickness in patients with and without aural atresia. Otol Neurotol. 38(10):1470-75, 2017
Borra VM et al: Localization of the gene for X-linked calvarial hyperostosis to chromosome Xq27.3-Xqter. Bone. 58:67-71, 2014
Sharma B et al: Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome: a clinicoradiological amalgam. BMJ Case Rep. 2014, 2014
May H et al: Intracranial volume, cranial thickness, and hyperostosis frontalis interna in the elderly. Am J Hum Biol. 24(6):812-9, 2012
Suoranta S et al: Thickened skull, scoliosis and other skeletal findings in Unverricht-Lundborg disease link cystatin B function to bone metabolism. Bone. 51(6):1016-24, 2012
Akhaddar A et al: Nonsuppurative calvarial thickening: a new form of Garré disease? J Neurosurg. 110(4):808, 2009
Lisle DA et al: Imaging of craniofacial fibrous dysplasia. J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 52(4):325-32, 2008
Sharma RR et al: Symptomatic cranial fibrous dysplasias: clinico-radiological analysis in a series of eight operative cases with follow-up results. J Clin Neurosci. 9(4): 381-90, 2002
Smith SE et al: From the archives of the AFIP. Radiologic spectrum of Paget disease of bone and its complications with pathologic correlation. Radiographics. 22(5): 1191-216, 2002
Lazzeri S et al: Epidermal nevus syndrome: MR of intracranial involvement. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 14(5): 1255-7, 1993
Atalar MH et al: Cerebral hemiatrophy (Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome) in childhood: clinicoradiological analysis of 19 cases. 49(1):70-5, Pediatr
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