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- Title
Post-Traumatic Peripheral Giant Osteoma in the Frontal Bone.
- Authors
Seong Hwan Kim; Dong Seob Lim; Do Hun Lee; Kyung Pil Kim; Jae Ha Hwang; Kwang Seog Kim; Sam Yong Lee
- Abstract
Osteomas are benign, slow-growing tumors that most frequently occur in the craniomaxillofacial region. These tumors are mostly asymptomatic and are generally found incidentally. A giant osteoma is generally considered to be greater than 30 mm in diameter or 110 g in weight. A 35-year-old female presented to us with complaints of a firm mass that showed continuous growth on the forehead following trauma. A hairline incision was made to expose the osteoma. Biopsy of the tumor confirmed a osteoma. There were no complications after surgery. Postoperative computed tomography revealed that the tumor was completely removed. Because a peripheral giant osteoma of the frontal bone with a history of trauma is a rare finding, thorough history-taking, physical examination, and preoperative imaging tests are needed for patients with a history of trauma to rule out a giant osteoma.
- Subjects
MAXILLARY tumors; SKULL tumors; TUMOR diagnosis
- Publication
Archives of Craniofacial Surgery, 2017, Vol 18, Issue 4, p273
- ISSN
2287-1152
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7181/acfs.2017.18.4.273