Ossifying fibroma of the occipital bone—A case report and literature review

Lam, Sze Yin; Ramli, Norlisah; Harikrishnan, Dharmendra; Sia, Sheau Fung; Pailoor, Jayalakshmi

doi:10.1016/j.ejrex.2008.04.021

Cited by 11 publications

(16 citation statements)

References 14 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…While pain and paresthesia are rarely associated with an ossifying fibroma where the temporal bone is involved, the patient may complain of pain, pulsatile tinnitus, otorrhea with progressive hearing loss. 5 Our patient presented with nasal obstruction, diplopia, right eye proptosis and pain in the right side of the head which are consistent with the above-mentioned findings of sinonasal lesions.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Juvenile variant ossifying fibroma of sinonasal region

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Juvenile variant ossifying fibroma of sinonasal region is an extremely rare benign fibro-osseous lesion which is locally aggressive. A 21-year-old male presented with significant proptosis of right eye with stony-hard lump in the middle upper aspect of the right orbit and base of the nose. CT scan of head revealed a non-enhancing expansile lesion in right ethmoidal cells consistent with chronic ethmoidal mucocele. However Magnetic Resonance Imaging of brain revealed enhancing lesion in right ethmoid and frontal sinus extending up to anterior cranial fossa. He underwent right frontal craniotomy with surgical excision of tumor wherein cystic brown tumor of frontal and ethmoidal sinus was found. The procedure was supplemented with endoscopic transnasal approach. Histopathology report suggested an ossifying fibroma. This case highlights the importance of clinical, imaging and histopathological features of ossifying fibroma occurring in the sinonasal tract for better diagnosis and treatment through a multidisciplinary approach.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Juvenile variant ossifying fibroma of sinonasal region

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Ossifying fibroma is a benign fibro-osseous lesion seen in the bones of the head and neck area. Although it is considered as a rare, locally aggressive and slow growing tumor, it is mostly found in the mandible, accounting for more than 70% of all cases, followed by the maxilla and rarely found in the paranasal sinuses with 55 reported cases in the literature until February 2013 [[1], [2], [3], [4],8].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Aggressive ossifying fibroma of right ethmoidal sinus: A case report

Alghonaim

ALHumaid

Arafat

2018

International Journal of Surgery Case Reports

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Finally, we have considered a number of alternative hypotheses on OSS development and meaning, unrelated to mechanical induction, and will discuss them at length in another paper. The most deserving of these are hereditary multiple exostoses (HMEs; Brannon and Fowler, ; Stieber and Dormans, ), benign fibro‐osseous lesion (BFOL; Lam et al, ; Sia et al, ), and Ehlers‐Danlos syndrome, Subtype IX (EDNINE; Sartoris and Resnick, ; Yeowell and Pinnell, ). Consideration of such alternative etiologies has failed to find a compelling candidate to account for the development and patterning of OSSs; however, evaluation suffers from a lack of SEM work carried out on bone lesions attributed to HME, BFOL, EDNINE, or any other inherited connective tissue or bone matrix formation disorder.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enigmatic Cranial Superstructures Among Chamorro Ancestors From The Mariana Islands: Gross Anatomy and Microanatomy

Heathcote

Bromage

Sava³

et al. 2014

The Anatomical Record

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study focuses on the gross anatomy, anatomic relations, microanatomy, and meaning of three enigmatic, geographically-patterned, quasi-continuous superstructures of the posterior cranium. Collectively known as occipital superstructures (OSS), these traits are the occipital torus tubercle (TOT), retromastoid process (PR), and posterior supramastoid tubercle (TSP). When present, TOT, PR and TSP develop at posterior cranial attachment sites of the upper trapezius, superior oblique and sternocleidomastoid muscles, respectively. Marked expression and co-occurrence of these OSS are virtually circumscribed within Oceania and reach highest recorded frequencies in proto-historic Chamorros (CHamoru) of the Mariana Islands. Prior to undertaking scanning electron microscopy (SEM) work, our working multifactorial model for OSS development was that early-onset, long-term, chronic activity-related microtrauma at enthesis sites led to exuberant reactive or reparative responses in a substantial minority of genetically predisposed (and mostly male) individuals. SEM imaging, however, reveals topographic patterning that questions, but does not negate, activity-induction of these superstructures. While OSS appear macroscopically as relatively large and discrete phenomena, SEM findings reveal a unique, widespread and seemingly systemic distribution of structures over the occipital surface that have the appearance of OSS microforms. Nevertheless, apparent genetic underpinnings, anatomic relationships with muscle entheses, and positive correlation of OSS development with humeral robusticity continue to suggest that these superstructures have potential to at once bear witness to Chamorro population history and inform osteobiographical constructions of chronic activity patterns in individuals bearing them. Further work is outlined that would illuminate the proximate and ultimate meanings of OSS.

show abstract

Ossifying fibroma of the occipital bone—A case report and literature review

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

Juvenile variant ossifying fibroma of sinonasal region

Juvenile variant ossifying fibroma of sinonasal region

Aggressive ossifying fibroma of right ethmoidal sinus: A case report

Enigmatic Cranial Superstructures Among Chamorro Ancestors From The Mariana Islands: Gross Anatomy and Microanatomy

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About