title: [Psammomatoid ossifying fibroma. Apropos a case].
abstract: A 41-year-old woman had a left palatal tumor diagnosed as psammomatoid ossifying fibroma. This tumor is a rare subtype of benign fibro-osseous craniofacial lesion that occurs mainly in women, younger age groups, and the sinonasal tract. It has distinctive histomorphological features. The tumor is slow-growing but tends to be locally aggressive and to destroy adjacent anatomic structures. Surgical excision with broad margins is the treatment of choice.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de ORL, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Barcelona, Barcelona, 08036, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aguilar
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Farré
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Larrosa
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Blanch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008443:Maxillary Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008444:Maxillary Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed