Osteolysis

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Synonyms: Skull lesions. In Greenberg M, ed. Handbook of Neurosurgery. 9th Edition. Thieme; 2019.

Osteolysis refers to the process of bone resorption. Neurosurgically relevant osteolytic processes may occur in the spine as well as the skull. Common causes include tumors, inflammatory processes such as osteomyelitis, or post-traumatic processes1.

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    1. Skull lesions. In: Greenberg M, ed. Handbook of Neurosurgery. 9th Edition. Thieme; 2019. doi:10.1055/b-006-161147 ↩ ↩

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