title: A case of ossifying fibroma of the frontal sinus.
abstract: Ossifying fibroma is a rare benign tumor of the nasal cavity and the paranasal sinus, and is easily misdiagnosed. In the present study, we report the clinical data in the case of a 46-year-old female patient, treated due to 5-day forehead swelling accompanied by dizziness. CT examination revealed dilation of the right frontal sinus, bone wall integration, dense masses in the cavity, multiple punctate calcification foci internally and no nasal obstruction, nasal mucus or epistaxis. After hospitalization, a right frontal sinus fenestration and tumor resection plus nasofrontal duct reconstruction combined with nasal endoscopic frontal recess open surgery was conducted under general anesthesia. Following the tumor resection, the frontal sinus bone lamella was reset and fixed with a titanium bone fixation set. The postoperative pathological diagnosis was of ossifying fibroma. At the postoperative 5-year follow-up there was no tumor recurrence and nasal endoscopy revealed an unobstructed nasofrontal duct opening.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Gongli Hospital, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200135;
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Wei-Hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lu-Hong
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Xiao-Yan
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Jing-Fei
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wen-Ping
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Guang-Bin
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Sun
keywords: benign tumors; nasal cavity; ossifying fibroma; paranasal sinus