title: Ossifying fibroma of the jugum sphenoidale.
abstract: We report a rare case of an eight year old boy with an ossifying fibroma of the jugum sphenoidale who presented with rapid onset bilateral blindness. This benign tumour was initially debulked and required re-operation with decompression of both optic nerves due to progressive visual deterioration. Post-operatively, there was good visual recovery in the left eye, but visual acuity in the right eye remained at <1/60. A 17 years follow period is described, in which there has been no clinical or radiological evidence of tumour recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Garrott
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods