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Adult Growing Skull Fracture Mimicking a Skull Tumor

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 Growing skull fractures (GSF) are rare in adults. We report the case of an adult who was found to have a GSF 50 years after head trauma. This case highlights the need to consider GSFs in the differential diagnosis of adults with intradiploic skull lesions.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, , , , ,

    J. S. Weinberg, P. D. LeRoux & H. L. Weiner

  2. Department of Radiology (Neuroradiology), New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, , , , ,

    D. Panasci

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  1. J. S. Weinberg
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Weinberg, J., LeRoux, P., Panasci, D. et al. Adult Growing Skull Fracture Mimicking a Skull Tumor. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 141, 545–546 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007010050340

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