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Bulky supernumerary bone of the falx cerebri: case report and literature review

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We present a rare case of ossification of the falx cerebri in a 25-year-old man, discovered incidentally on a craniofacial computed tomodensitometry (CT) scanner. This ossification presented a true cortico-medullary differentiation and pushed aside the right frontal lobe. There was no associated clinical manifestation.

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Rouen University Hospital, 1 rue de Germont, 76031, Rouen, France

    Aylin Tetik, Neil Ben Slama, Baptiste Derombise & Olivier Trost

  2. Laboratory of Anatomy, Rouen Faculty of Medicine, University of Rouen-Normandy, 22 Boulevard Gambetta, 76083, Rouen Cedex 1, France

    Frédéric Crampon, Grégoire Prum, Fabrice Duparc & Olivier Trost

  3. CETAPS-Centre d’études des transformations (études des processus écologiques des APSA) des activités physiques et sportives, URN - Université de Rouen Normandie, 76000, Rouen, France

    Olivier Trost

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AT: writing and original draft preparation. NBS: editing. FC: editing. GP: editing. BD: editing. FD: review and editing. OT: supervision.

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Tetik, A., Ben Slama, N., Crampon, F. et al. Bulky supernumerary bone of the falx cerebri: case report and literature review. Surg Radiol Anat 45, 757–760 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-023-03143-6

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