Open AccessLarge central osteoma of maxillary sinus: A case report
Author(s) -
Roshan Verma,
Gopika Kalsotra,
Kim Vaiphei,
Naresh K. Panda
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
egyptian journal of ear nose throat and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.108
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2090-3405
pISSN - 2090-0740
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejenta.2012.02.001
Subject(s) - osteoma , maxillary sinus , craniofacial , medicine , antrum , sinus (botany) , keratocyst , nose , presentation (obstetrics) , benign tumor , anatomy , dentistry , radiology , pathology , biology , odontogenic , stomach , botany , psychiatry , genus
Osteoma is a benign osteogenic tumor arising from the proliferation of compact or cancellous bone. Osteomas of the craniofacial region are common in the nose and paranasal sinus particularly in the frontoethmoid region. However osteoma of the maxillary antrum is very rare and its presentation is different from the commoner frontoethmoid osteomas. We present here a rare case of large osteoma of the maxillary antrum in a 12-year-old child and also describe the difficulty faced in removing the tumor endoscopically. The tumor was removed using combined approach