Diagnostic and therapeutic problems concerning tumors of the vault

Abstract

We observed 36 tumors of the cranial vault in children (11 epidermoid and dermoid cysts, 3 meningiomas, 3 malignant tumors, 11 vascular tumors, 6 eosinophilic granulomas, 2 osteomas). The common clinical finding enabling us to include all 36 tumors in this study is a large tumefaction of the cranial vault, without our being able to determine its anatomical starting point or histological nature. These observations are described according to whether they have a bony, dural or cutaneous origin, differentiating tumors of embryological origin. In the majority of cases, internal and external carotid angiography was performed to help surgery, which remains the only cure.