Frontal intraosseous cryptic hemangioma presenting with supraorbital neuralgia

Primary intraosseous cranial hemangiomas are rare benign tumors comprising 0.2% of all osseous neoplasms. Symptomatic cranial cryptic hemangiomas are extremely rare. We report the case of a 43-year-old man with a cryptic hema ngioma of the superior orbital rim. Radiological investigations revealed it to be an intraosseous cryptic mass which was totally excised and the supra orbital nerve was decompressed, relieving the patient of his symptoms. Hist opathology showed features of an intraosseous hemangioma. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.