Benign osteoblastoma is an uncommon bone tumor accounting for approximately cath kidston forget me not 1% of all bone tumors.There are only 35 cases of skull osteoblastoma reported in the literature.We describe the case of a 23 year old male with a giant osteoblastoma of temporal bone submitted to a total 30x24x24 wall cabinet removal of the tumor after an effective embolization of all external carotid branches.
The authors discuss diagnostic and management aspects of this uncommon skull tumor.