ReviewInsights into imaging2018
Spectrum of lytic lesions of the skull: a pictorial essay.
Review in Insights into imaging, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.
- Radiological and Surgical Findings of Patients with Intradiploic Mass Lesion: Case Series and Systematic Review.Journal of neurological surgery. Part A, Central European neurosurgery · 2026Pooled it
- A rare calvarial aneurysmal bone cyst in an adult: Case report and literature review.Surgical neurology international · 2026Article
- Pterional dermal sinus: case report and review of the literature.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025Review
- Growing intradiploic epidermoid cyst presenting as a diagnostic challenge in the setting of Langerhans cell histiocytosis: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Review of imaging modalities and radiological findings of calvarial lesions.World journal of radiology · 2025Review
- Atypical fibrous histiocytoma of the skull: a case report of temporal bone involvement and comprehensive literature review.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
- Multiple myeloma presenting as a giant osteolytic skull mass: Surgical challenges and pitfalls - A case report.Surgical neurology international · 2025Article
- Pediatric orbital lesions: bony and traumatic lesions.Pediatric radiology · 2024Article
- Botulinum toxin: a new differential diagnosis for a lytic bone lesion.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Prevalence of intra-osseous veins and venous lakes in the posterior skull base on 3T MRI.The neuroradiology journal · 2023Article
- Aneurysmal bone cyst of the mandible: a rare case report and literature review.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Brown Tumour in Chronic Kidney Disease: Revisiting an Old Disease with a New Perspective.Cancers · 2023Review
- Article
- Paleopathology of the skull of Santorio Santorio, father of modern clinical experimental physiology.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2023Article
- Varied Clinical Presentation and Management of Calvarial Metastases.Asian journal of neurosurgery · 2022Article
- Gorham Stout disease of the temporal bone with cerebrospinal fluid leak.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2022Article
- Radiologic findings that aid in the reduction of misdiagnoses of Langerhans cell histiocytosis of the bone: a retrospective study.World journal of surgical oncology · 2021Article
- Benign skull and subdural lesions in patients with prior medulloblastoma therapy.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021Review
- Giant skull vault defect in a child caused by Langerhans cell histiocytosis: the "calvaria-eating disease".Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020Article
- Imaging of skull vault tumors in adults.Insights into imaging · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Lytic lesions of the skull include a wide range of diseases, ranging from benign conditions such as arachnoid granulations or vascular lacunae, to aggressive malignant lesions such as lymphomas or metastases. An early and correct characterisation of the nature of the lesion is, therefore, crucial, in order to achieve a fast and appropriate treatment option. In this review, we present the radiological appearance of the most frequent lytic lesions of the skull, describing findings from different imaging modalities (plain X-rays, CT and MRI), with particular attention to diagnostic clues and differential diagnoses. TEACHING POINTS: • Osteolytic skull lesions may be challenging to diagnose. • Association of different imaging techniques may aid image interpretation. • Clinical information and extensive knowledge of possible differential diagnoses is essential. • Some osteolytic tumours, although benign, may present as locally aggressive lesions. • Malignant lesions require accurate staging, followed by variable treatment approaches.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.