Details of skull lesions, biopsy parameters, and final diagnosisa

Patient No.Anatomic SiteTumor Size (mm)Tumor FeatureBiopsy NeedleSpecimen No.Core Length (mm)Final Diagnosis
1Right frontal50 × 46 × 22PermeativeBone320Intraosseous meningioma
2Left frontal13 × 9 × 5OsteolyticBone110Blood products and benign tissue
Soft tissue210
3Left frontal61 × 42 × 13OsteoblasticBone72–10B-cell lymphoma
4Right frontal9 × 9 × 5OsteolyticBone16Hemangioma
Soft tissue15
5Left frontal11 × 10 × 4OsteolyticBone15Benign bone and soft tissue
Soft tissue210
6Skull base and occipitalDiffuseMixedBone, soft tissue615–20Fibrous dysplasia
7Left temporal19 × 14 × 10OsteolyticBone115Metastatic salivary sarcomatoid carcinoma
Soft tissue120
8Right temporal21 × 15 × 7OsteolyticSoft tissue510–20Plasmocytoma
9Left parietal38 × 34 × 10MixedBone110Metastatic breast carcinoma
Soft tissue120
10Right occipital12 × 8 × 8OsteolyticBone120Osteonecrosis
11Left occipital27 × 20 × 19OsteolyticSoft tissue220Metastatic thyroid carcinoma
12Right parietal24 × 18 × 13MixedBone24–6Metastatic breast carcinoma
13Left parietalMost of parietal bonePermeativeBone15Radiation-induced sarcoma
Soft tissue610–20
14Left frontal27 × 17 × 14OsteoblasticBone215Xanthoma with osteosclerosis
  • a Data for patients 3 and 6 have been previously published.8