Arrested pneumatization of the skull base: imaging characteristics.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
Arrested skull base pneumatization is a benign developmental variant that can be confused with significant skull base disease processes. This study reviews the imaging findings in 30 suspected cases of arrested skull base pneumatization. When encountering a nonexpansile lesion with osteosclerotic borders, internal fat, and curvilinear calcifications in the basisphenoid bone or adjacent skull base, radiologists should strongly consider the diagnosis of arrested pneumatization.
Medical subject headings
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Skull Base
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed