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Benign Skull Tumors: Follow-up
Updated: Oct 13, 2009
Follow-up
Further Inpatient Care
Inpatient care is not usually required unless skull-base surgery is needed for nerve decompression.
Further Outpatient Care
- Postoperative care
- Radiation therapy
Complications
- Cranial nerve palsy
- Recurrence
- Desmoplastic fibroma - 20-30%
- Giant cell granuloma - 12-16%
- Aneurysmal bone cyst - 40-50%
- Wound infection
- Malignant transformation
Prognosis
- Prognosis is good if tumor is resected completely.
- In malignant transformation of fibrous dysplasia and Paget disease, the prognosis depends on the malignant tumor that is finally diagnosed.
Patient Education
- Reassure patients regarding the benign nature of the tumor.
- Educate patients with Paget disease and fibrous dysplasia about the malignant potential of their disease.
Miscellaneous
Medicolegal Pitfalls
- Failure to recognize signs and symptoms
- Failure to treat appropriately
The authors and editors of eMedicine gratefully acknowledge the contributions of previous author Efstathios Papavassiliou, MD to the development and writing of this article.
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Keywords
skull, tumor, aneurysmal bone cyst, bone-forming tumor, chondroma, chondroblastoma, chondromyxoid fibroma, connective tissue tumor, desmoplastic fibroma, dermoid, encephalocele, eosinophilic granuloma, epidermoid, fibrous dysplasia, giant cell granuloma, Gardner's syndrome, Hand-Schüller-Christian disease, hemangioma, lymphangioma, Maffucci's syndrome, McCune-Albright's syndrome, meningoencephalocele, nonossifying fibroma, Ollier's syndrome, ossifying fibroma, osteoblastoma, osteoid osteoma, osteoma, pacchionian depression, venous lakes of the skull, xanthoma
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