title: [Diagnosis and treatment of nasal sinus osteoma].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the clinical characteristic and surgical treatment of nasal sinus osteoma.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-one cases with nasal sinus osteoma were diagnosed by nasal sinus X ray or CT scan. All of these osteoma patients were cured by surgical resection. Supraorbital Lynch approach were applied in forty-two cases, lateral rhinotomy Moure approach in 4 cases, Caldwell-Luc approach in 3 cases and Dandy approach that combined with cranium and facial route in 2 cases.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Operative incisions in all cases healed in 1 period, no complications such as brain spinal fistula occurred. All cases were followed up for 6 months to 5 years, there were no recurrence of osteomas and occurrence of mucus cysts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Osteomas in nasal sinus grow slowly. X ray or CT scan is helpful to confirm the diagnosis and choose the surgical approach reasonably.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, 250012, China.
authors.forename: Xiaowen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ruijie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Xiaolan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010016:Osteoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult