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The patient had undergone surgical extirpation of the primary lesion six years ago in a different plastic surgery department with histological verification. He presented to our department with local recurrence at the same site. The lesion was completely resected, followed by calvarial reconstruction using autologous non-vascularized bone graft harvested from the iliac crest. Histology confirmed the recurrence of a benign cavernous hemangioma. Postoperative recovery was devoid of complications, and a follow-up CT scan after 6 months revealed no recurrence, with stable graft integration. 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