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Lumps and Bumps: Scalp and Skull Lesions

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A 2-year-old boy whom you have seen in your practice since birth has had 2 weeks of subtle enlargement of a 1 cm round mass at the nasion. His parents were concerned because it seemed to get larger the previous night when he was crying and this morning a large dark hair extruded from a pore in the center. He had unexplained bacterial meningitis when he was 7 months old. This child has:

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Many thanks to Apostolos J. Tsiouris, Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology at NewYork Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical College, for contribution of radiographic examples.

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Moussazadeh, N., Banu, M.A. (2017). Lumps and Bumps: Scalp and Skull Lesions. In: Greenfield, J., Long, C. (eds) Common Neurosurgical Conditions in the Pediatric Practice. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-3807-0_10

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