title: Endoscopic brow approach for frontal osteoma in a pediatric patient.
abstract: Osteomas are benign bony growths that have been reported following trauma. Previous management of forehead osteomas has centered around direct excision, but there has been a recent interest in endoscopic resection to improve cosmesis. Endoscopic resection has previously been described in adults, but not in children. We describe a case of a 15-year-old who developed a forehead osteoma following trauma that was resected entirely endoscopically, leaving no visible scar with resolution of edema and good cosmetic result as early as post-operative day 9. Our case lends evidence to support the safe and effective use of this technique in adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA. Oyer@musc.edu
authors.forename: Samuel L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Oyer
authors.forename: Krishna G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005546:Forehead; D006801:Humans; D010016:Osteoma / Q000601:surgery*; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*