Table 1: Clinicopathological features of reported cases of cranial
intraosseous angiolipoma.
Reference |
Age (years)/Gender |
Location |
Period of Expansion |
History of Head Trauma |
Clinical Features/Neurological Examination |
Radiographic Findings |
Histopathology* |
Amir jamshidi, et
al. [10] |
41/Female |
Right frontotemporo-parietooccipital |
2 years |
No |
Tender to palpation, Headache |
X-ray, CT, & MRI: 20 cm expansile, Non-enhancing lesion extending along the
diploe and destroying the internal and external tables with cerebral
compression |
-Gross: Yellow lipomatous
bone with cancellous and vascular components; |
Atilgan, et al. [7] |
16/Female |
Right frontal |
"long time" |
No |
Swelling, Headache |
CT: 2 cm well defined lesion with no bone
destruction or soft tissue component |
-Gross: Yellow-brown solid lesion; |
Nguyen, et al. [8] |
55/Male |
Right frontal |
- |
- |
Headache, Nausea, Vomiting, Diplopia, Facial
asymmetry [concurrently diagnosed with metastatic invasive ductal breast
carcinoma] |
CT & MRI: 4.3 cm heterogeneously
enhancing lesion with cerebral compression, But without involvement of
overlying soft tissue |
-Gross: Well circumscribed, mixed areas of
firm-to-soft tan and red lobulated tissue; |
Singh, et al. [6] |
30/Female |
Right parietal |
5 years, following pregnancy |
No |
Altered sensation over area without pain on
palpation |
CT & MRI: 6.4 cm mass with expansion of
diploid space and cerebral compression |
-Histo: No cytologic atypia; |
Yu, et al. [9] |
50/Male |
Right parietal |
11 years |
Minor trauma |
Swelling |
CT: 7 cm spiculated,
Non-enhancing lesion with cerebral compression |
-Gross: Yellow-brown lesion of variable
consistency; |
Our case |
61/Female |
Left frontoparietal |
6 months |
Minor trauma |
Swelling |
Bone scan, CT & MRI: 4.4 cm expansile, Spiculated, Enhancing
lesion with superficial soft tissue component and cerebral compression |
-Gross: Dark red-grey cut surface; |
*All specimens histologically demonstrated an
admixture of mature adipose tissue and thin-walled
blood vessels. (Histo: Histology; IHC:
Immunohistochemistry; Neg: Negative; Pos: Positive; HPF: High power field).