title: Desmoplastic fibroma of the vidian canal in a child: case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To present a case of a child with a desmoplastic fibroma of the vidian canal, compressing the vidian nerve.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 12-year-old girl with several years' history of right-sided facial pain was referred to our institution. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography scans showed an expansile mass involving the right vidian canal. The patient underwent a complete endoscopic surgical resection aided by the FusionTM ENT navigation system. This was performed through a transnasal, trans-septal, trans-sphenoidal route via the right nostril, and achieved macroscopic clearance with minimal peri-operative morbidity. A biopsy of the lesion showed a fibro-osseous lesion consistent with desmoplastic fibroma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diagnosis and resection of this rare lesion at an earlier stage would have avoided delays in resolving the child's disabling pain. This emphasises the importance of early referral of unusual cases to tertiary centres.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. peridis@gmail.com
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Peridis
authors: M T
authors: MT
authors: Moonim
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Roberts
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Al-Sarraj
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Hopkins
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018220:Fibroma, Desmoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D057605:Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery / Q000379:methods; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000294:innervation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed