Ossifying fibroma of the head and neck: involvement of the temporal bone- and unusual and challenging site.

Abstract

Ossifying fibroma of the head and neck is most commonly described in the mandible and maxilla. A few isolated reports in the literature exhibit the rare existence of this lesion in the nasal bones, orbit, ethmoid sinus, sphenoid sinus, occiput, and in only two well-documented cases, the temporal bone. We present the case of an extensive ossifying fibroma of the temporal bone that presented as a suspected case of hyperostosis of the external auditory canal and conductive hearing loss, without any cosmetic deformity. A review of the recent literature concerning the sites, radiologic presentation, difficulty of pathologic differentiation, and modality of therapy is discussed.

• Authors: P A Levine, R Wiggins, R W Archibald, R Britt
• Journal: The Laryngoscope (Laryngoscope) Vol. 91 Issue 5 Pg. 720-5 (May 1981) ISSN: 0023-852X [Print] United States
• PMID: 7231021 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Ear Canal (diagnostic imaging)
• Ear, Middle (diagnostic imaging)
• Female
• Fibroma (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Humans
• Osteoma (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Skull Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Temporal Bone
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed