A Rare Location for Ossifying Fibroma: Temporal Bone Involvement

Abstract

Benign fibro-osseous lesions of the craniofacial region are a diverse group of entities with overlapping histologic characteristics. One of these fibro-osseous lesions is ossifying fibroma and it is seen rarely in the head and neck region. Only a few cases of temporal bone involvement were reported in the literature. Patients with ossifying fibroma located in the temporal bone may have the following complaints: conductive hearing loss, swelling, localized pain, headache, and ear discharge. The lesion should be removed surgically and obtaining negative surgical margins is crucial to prevent any recurrence. A 29-year-old female patient who applied to our clinic with the complaint of a mass behind the left ear was treated, and the pathological diagnosis was an ossifying fibroma. In this study, a case of ossifying fibroma is presented.

Ossifying fibroma of mastoid: a case report

“…Osteoma the most common type, arises from periosteal cells, form exostosis like elevations, fibrous dysplasia still a rarer expanding bone lesion. 2 The definitive treatment is complete surgical excision.…”

“…1,4,5,7 The tumor is composed of bone that develops within fibrous connective tissue, sometimes with cementum-like calcifications. 2 Ossifying fibroma is usually asymptomatic initially, later may presented with facial asymmetry, swelling, pain, bowing of long bones. Diagnostic investigations are mainly computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).…”