Human pathology
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Osteomas, although usually found in the frontal and ethmoid sinuses or the mandible, may be located on the inner table of the skull. We report the incidence, distribution, histologic features, and clinical correlates of intracranial osteomas arising in the dura mater and the falx cerebri in 200 consecutive adult autopsies. Ten patients (5 per cent of autopsies) were found to have meningeal osteomas. ⋯ The authors consider these cases of meningeal ossifications and reports of meningeal calcifications to represent osteomas arising from the dura mater and the falx cerebri. Thus, intracranial osteomas may be more common than was previously recognized. In some instances, the abnormal biochemical state accompanying chronic renal failure may stimulate new bone formation in the osteogenic tissue of the dura mater.