Benign osteoblastoma of the mastoid part of the temporal bone: case report.
Osteoblastoma is a benign bone lesion that mainly affects the long bones and rarely the temporal bones. Very few cases have been reported in the literature. This paper reviews the literature, discusses the differential diagnosis, clinical presentation, and CT scan findings of such a condition and details our experience with a young patient who had a temporal bone (mastoid process) osteoblastoma.
Khashaba
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Department of Otolaryngology, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, Egypt.
De Donato
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Vassallo
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Landolfi
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Russo
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Taibah
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Sanna
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D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008416:Mastoid / Q000473:pathology*; D018215:Osteoblastoma / Q000473:pathology*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*