title: Psammomatoid ossifying fibroma of the paranasal sinuses. An extragnathic variant of cemento-ossifying fibroma. Report of three cases.
abstract: Psammomatoid ossifying fibroma (POF) is a diagnostic designation for a sinonasal or orbital fibroosseous lesion characterized by numerous small round mineralized spherules lying in a fibroblastic stroma. We report 3 cases. One occurred in the frontal sinus of an 18-years-old male; 1 in the frontal sinus of a 20-year-old male and 1 in the maxillary sinus of a 36-year-old male. Rather limited excision resulted in a disease-free follow-up time from 2 to 6 years. The histomorphology of POF was compared with other fibro-osseous lesions of the craniofacial skeleton including the jaws. It appeared that POF is similar to cemento-ossifying fibroma occurring in the jaws and the necessity for different names for lesions only differing in their site of occurrence is considered to be at least debatable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Slootweg
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Panders
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Nikkels
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic