Psammomatoid ossifying fibroma with secondary aneurysmal bone cyst of frontal sinus

Childs Nerv Syst. 2009 Nov;25(11):1513-6. doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0906-7. Epub 2009 May 30.

Abstract

Introduction: Psammomatoid ossifying fibroma (POF) is a rare, slowly progressive tumor of the extragnathic craniofacial bones, with a tendency toward locally aggressive behavior.

Case report: The pathognomonic histologic feature is the presence of spherical ossicles, which are similar to psammoma bodies.

Discussion: Fibro-osseous lesions composed of POF and aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) of the frontal sinus in a 12-year-old boy is reported, followed by a literature review.

Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the second case of a fibro-osseous lesion composed of ossifying fibroma with reactive ABC to be reported in the literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / diagnostic imaging
  • Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / pathology*
  • Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / surgery
  • Child
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / pathology*
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / surgery
  • Frontal Sinus / diagnostic imaging
  • Frontal Sinus / pathology*
  • Frontal Sinus / surgery
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Skull Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skull Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed