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Sagittal reconstruction CT of the skull showing a scalp thickness in the high occipitoparietal region of 16.9 mm.
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Computed tomography of the skull showed a scalp thickness of 21.2-16.9 mm at the high occipitoparietal region with subcutaneous fat being 19.2-mm thick (Figure 1, 2).
Axial CT showing scalp thickness in the high occipitoparietal region of 21.1 mm.
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Computed tomography of the skull showed a scalp thickness of 21.2-16.9 mm at the high occipitoparietal region with subcutaneous fat being 19.2-mm thick (Figure 1, 2).
Two different levels of the scalp tissue from the dermis (right) and deeper in the subcutaneous layer (left) showing a marked increase in the subcutaneous fat layer.
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An incisional biopsy of the occipitoparietal region revealed a remarkable increase in the thickness of the subcutaneous fat layer with normal epidermal and dermal layers (Figure 3).