title: Protuberant fibro-osseous lesions of the temporal bone: a unique clinicopathologic diagnosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the study was to describe the clinical presentation and treatment of exophytic fibro-osseous temporal bone lesions, a clinical entity never previously reported, and to consider the differential diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  The design of the study was a retrospective case review.
  
  
  METHODS
  The setting was a tertiary referral center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two patients diagnosed with exophytic fibro-osseous temporal bone lesions were included in the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  The intervention used was surgical excision.
  
  
  METHODS
  The main outcome measures were clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic examination.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no evidence of recurrence at 15 and 17 months after surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although fibro-osseous lesions of the temporal bone have been previously reported, there have been no reported cases of an exophytic variant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cornell University Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Selesnick
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Desloge
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Bullough
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed