Diagnosis and treatment of skull osteoma

Skull osteoma is a kind of osteogenic tumor. This kind of tumor grows slowly and mainly consists of a large number of woven bone or lamellar bone. This kind of tumor is best developed in the skull. The normal symptom is to accidentally find a bony protrusion with smooth surface and spherical shape without any tenderness. The diagnosis of skull osteoma is mainly through clinical manifestation and x-ray appearance. X-ray performance is if there is a hard hemispherical bone mass, smooth surface, will not cause bone destruction, there is no soft tissue shadow, for the treatment of this tumor, the vast majority of skull osteomas do not need surgery, regular observation can get a good treatment effect, for part of the tumor huge, painful tumor can be taken surgical resection, resection of the tumor body, is the treatment of this tumor most common surgical method. The diagnosis of skull osteoma is mainly determined according to clinical manifestations and imaging examination. For some ossifying fibroma or other osteogenic tumors, CT or MRI should be done to further confirm the diagnosis. The treatment of skull osteoma is mainly observation surgery, and the focus that needs surgical resection is very few.