Open AccessPsammomatoid juvenile ossifying fibroma: Report of three cases with a review of literature
Author(s) -
Shilpa Rao,
Bevinahalli N Nandeesh,
Arimappamagan Arivazhagan,
Aliasgar Moiyadi,
T C Yasha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/jpn.jpn_78_17
Subject(s) - medicine , juvenile , ossifying fibroma , differential diagnosis , fibroma , biopsy , pathology , biology , lesion , genetics
Psammomatoid juvenile ossifying fibroma (PJOF), a variant of juvenile ossifying fibroma (JOF), is a locally aggressive neoplasm of the children and young adults. This entity has predilection for the sinonasal region. It forms a differential diagnosis for many bone neoplasms. We report three cases of PJOF, in young patients whose biopsy showed the presence of psammomatoid bodies in a cellular fibrous stroma. The diagnosis of JOF indicates requirement of extensive surgery due to its locally aggressive nature.