title: Fibromyxoma of the frontal sinus.
abstract: Fibromyxomas are uncommonly encountered pathologies in the head and neck region. They are slow growing, which result in expansion of the surrounding bony cortices. In this article, we report an extremely rare case of frontal sinus fibromyxoma which occluded the frontal sinus and expanded anterior ethmoid cells and nasal dorsum. Initially, it was suspected to be a mucocele. Surgical resection with a wide excision was performed and it was diagnosed as fibromyxoma, histopathologically.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kartal Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. banuatalay81@gmail.com
authors.forename: Banu Atalay
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Erdoğan
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Altın
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paksoy
authors.forename: Arif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanlı
authors.forename: Sermin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kibar
authors.forename: Kayhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Başak
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003475:Curettage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005626:Frontal Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed