<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> BACKGROUND. The most frequent benign nasal tumor is the osteoma. It is commonly asymptomatic and usually an incidental finding and can be caused by multiple factors. The therapeutic approach for symptomatic osteomas is strictly surgical.CASE REPORT. The authors present a patient with giant ethmoido-frontal osteoma, causing the compression of the ocular globe and the right frontal lobe. Considering the intracranial extension, a combined surgical team consisting of an ENT surgeon and neurosurgeon decided to deal with the case. The tumoral mass was removed with no recurrence after a follow-up of two years.CONCLUSION. Surgery via external and endoscopic approach aims to completely resect the osteoma with frontal sinus origin and orbital or intracranial extension.</abstract>

BACKGROUND. The most frequent benign nasal tumor is the osteoma. It is commonly asymptomatic and usually an incidental finding and can be caused by multiple factors. The therapeutic approach for symptomatic osteomas is strictly surgical.CASE REPORT. The authors present a patient with giant ethmoido-frontal osteoma, causing the compression of the ocular globe and the right frontal lobe. Considering the intracranial extension, a combined surgical team consisting of an ENT surgeon and neurosurgeon decided to deal with the case. The tumoral mass was removed with no recurrence after a follow-up of two years.CONCLUSION. Surgery via external and endoscopic approach aims to completely resect the osteoma with frontal sinus origin and orbital or intracranial extension.

Case report. Giant ethmoido-frontal osteoma with intracranial and orbital extension – Case report

“Prof. Dr. D. Hociota” Institute of Phono-Audiology and Functional Surgery, Bucharest, Romania

“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest,

“Prof. Dr. D. Hociota” Institute of Phono-Audiology and Functional Surgery, Bucharest,

Floreasca Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest,

Romanian Journal of Rhinology

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BACKGROUND. The most frequent benign nasal tumor is the osteoma. It is commonly asymptomatic and usually an incidental finding and can be caused by multiple...

Case report. Giant ethmoido-frontal osteoma with intracranial and orbital extension – Case report

Published Online: May 03, 2017

Page range: 109 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjr-2017-0012

Keywords
frontal osteoma, endoscopic sinus surgery, orbital complications

© 2017

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Case report. Giant ethmoido-frontal osteoma with intracranial and orbital extension – Case report

Published Online: May 03, 2017

Page range: 109 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjr-2017-0012

Keywordsfrontal osteoma, endoscopic sinus surgery, orbital complications

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
frontal osteoma, endoscopic sinus surgery, orbital complications