Martínez-Lage J F, Capel A, Costa T R, Perez-Espejo M A, Poza M
Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital General y Hospital Infantil, Virgen de Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain.
Childs Nerv Syst. 1992 Aug;8(5):247-52. doi: 10.1007/BF00300790.
A series of 65 pediatric patients with scalp or calvarial masses is reported on. The majority of children presented with a disfiguring or painful mass on the head. Clinical findings suggested the correct diagnosis in 39/65 cases, skull radiographs in 46/65, and CT in 49/65. Taking the combined results of clinical and radiological studies, 54/65 of the lesions were accurately diagnosed. Tumor excision was curative in 43 of 48 patients who were operated on. Most scalp and calvarial neoplasms were benign; only 5/65 children harboured a malignant lesion. There was no mortality related to surgery in the series. Surgical intervention seems to be indicated in most cases, both for diagnosis and for treatment.
