Open AccessA massive sinonasal psammomatoid variant of juvenile ossifying fibroma: Report of a rare entity
Author(s) -
Venkateswara Rao Guttikonda,
Taneeru Sravya,
Rajasekhar Gaddipati,
Jayakiran Madala
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.119751
Subject(s) - craniofacial , orbit (dynamics) , ethmoid sinus , ossifying fibroma , medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , maxillary sinus , anatomy , frontal sinus , dermatology , pathology , paranasal sinuses , surgery , lesion , psychiatry , engineering , aerospace engineering
Juvenile ossifying fibroma (JOF) is an uncommon, benign, bone-forming neoplasm with an aggressive local growth that is distinguished from other fibro-osseous lesions primarily by its age of onset, clinical presentation and aggressive behaviour. JOF is considered as a variant of the ossifying fibroma (OF) and the former includes psammomatoid JOF (PsJOF) and Trabecular JOF (TrJOF). Both variants involve the craniofacial bones with the trabecular variant being more common in the jaws and the psammomatoid variant being more common in the craniofacial skeleton. PsJOF is an unique variant of JOF that has a predilection for the sinonasal tract and the orbit particularly centered on the periorbital, frontal, and ethmoid bones. We report a rare case of massive PsJOF involving the maxillary sinus in a 20-year-old female.