title: Frontal sinus osteoma and palpebral abscess: case report.
abstract: Osteomas of the paranasal sinuses are slow-growing, benign tumours most frequently found in the frontal sinus with an incidence that varies from 47% to 80% of the cases; there are often no symptoms and they are diagnosed by chance during an x-ray examination. The symptoms are usually headaches and those secondary to ocular or neurological complications. The therapy to be preferred is surgery. The authors describe a case of frontal osteoma complicated by frontal sinusitis and palpebral abscess.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Otorinolaringoiatrica R, Dir. Prof. P. Ferrara, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, I-90100 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dispenza
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saraniti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martines
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Caramanna
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Salzano
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000473:pathology*; D015522:Frontal Sinusitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*