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. 2022 Jun 29;96:107371. doi: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.107371

Table 1.

Summary of unusual findings in reported cases of eosinophilic granuloma affecting the parietal bone as reported in the literature.

Year Gender Age/years Presentation
Radiographic findings
Mass Duration Trauma Symptoms
1970 [14] Female 38 Tender 3 months No Seizure activity on EEG Large irregular osteolytic defect
1973 [15] Male 5 Smooth, non-tender No None Circular localized area of destruction with clear cut margins
1990 [16] Male 2 Soft and tender with smooth surfaces 1 month No None Soft tissue masses with destruction in the frontal and right parietal areas
1990 [16] Male 2 Soft, painless 1 month No None Punched-out and well-defined lytic lesion
2006 [6] Female 26 Tender and firm 2 weeks No Progressive headache and nausea Hyperintense osteolytic lesion
2007 [17] Male 32 Edematous Yes/3 years Headache Hypointense lesion with perilesional edema
2007 [18] Male 37 Soft tissue 2 months No Headache and epileptic attacks Osteolytic lesion with a large epidural and subcutaneous mass
2009 [19] Female 36 Tender 2 months No Headache Single punched out area of bone destruction with sharp margins
2010 [20] Male 10 Tender 1 months No None Lytic bone lesion extended as swelling with extradural hematoma
2011 [21] Male 4 Large and gradually decreasing in size 1 month Yes/1 month Unremitting headache and projectile vomiting Lytic lesion, scalp swelling and hematoma
2013 [22] Female 14 Tender and soft 1 month No Headache, malaise and nausea Osteolytic change with extracranial swelling
2013 [23] Male 44 Immobile palpable masses No Multiple cranial swellings accompanied by pain Radiolucent areas in the right frontoparietal, parietal and temporal bones
2016 [24] Male 7 Non-tender 2 months No Progressive headache, decreased level of consciousness and vomiting Heterogeneous osteolytic mass with extradural hematoma
2018 [25] Female 8 No mass was felt 6 weeks No Focal pain at the scalp Large osteolytic defect with non-sclerotic margins and beveled edges.
2019 [26] Female 10 Tender 3 weeks Yes/2 weeks None Single osteolytic lesion without sclerosis
2020 [13] Male 3 Non-tender 2 days No Recurrent and progressive vomiting and drowsiness Iso-dense subcutaneous scalp lesion, underlying osteolytic bony defect and mixed density extradural lesion with extradural hematoma
2021 [27] Female 18 Tender 3 weeks No Headache Lytic lesion with disruption of the external tabula and an epicranial soft tissue extension of the lesion
2021 [28] Male 10 Non-tender and gradually increasing in size Yes Pain in the local area of the swelling 3 cm sized defect in the right temporoparietal calvarial with scalloped margin
2022 Female 8 Non-Tender 4 months No Offensive odor with mild headache Lytic bone lesion extended as swelling