Cavernous angioma of the frontal bone : a case report

Authors

ayoub bakhil, hicham sabani, amina kahoul, moussa boubacar, lahcen khalfi, jalal hamama, karim el khatib

Journal Information

Journal: Medpeer Publisher

ISSN: 3066-2737

Volume: 3

Issue: 4

Date of Publication: 2026/04/06

DOI: 10.70780/medpeer.000QGS6

Abstract

Background :
Haemangioma or cavernous haemangioma is a rare vascular tumour that rarely affects bone, rarely in the bones of the skull, the clinical picture may mimic a benign tumour, management involves surgery often requiring reconstruction by cranioplasty.
Case presentation :
A 34-year-old female patient consulted for a frontal tumefaction, supra left eyebrow, evolving for several years, painless and fixed in relation to the frontal bone, the paraclinical examinations made by CT scan and MRI concluded to a vascular tumor, the exeresis in monobloc generated a loss of bone substance which necessitated a cranioplasty by calvarial bone.
Conclusion
Cavernous haemangioma of the calvarial bone is a rare vascular tumour and only isolated cases can be found in the literature or in small series.

Keywords

angioma, frontal bone , cranioplasty