Juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma of the ethmoid sinus successfully treated by endoscopic sinus surgery: a case report

ABSTRACT:

Background

Juvenile ossifying fibromas (JOF) are benign osteofibrous tumors very rarely located in paranasal sinus. The diagnostic and therapeutic tools applied in sinonasal inflammatory pathologies and other tumors fail to address a specific management in this rare pathology. Currently, the only available treatment is surgery. Endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS) allows a complete but minimally invasive approach compared to the open technique, especially for the minor demolition on growing bone structures.

Case Description

We describe a case of a 13-year-old boy presenting in the Emergency Department for a head trauma. The computerized tomography (CT) revealed an ethmoid-maxillary bony mass suspected to be a juvenile ossifying fibroma. The patient underwent ESS. Histological e

SUBMITTER: Panatta M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130680 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature