title: [Clinical analysis of 23 patients with ossifying fibroma of paranasal sinuses].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the clinical features and treatment options of ossifying fibroma of paranasal sinuses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective evaluation of twenty-three patients with ossifying fibroma of paranasal sinuses was presented. The choice of surgical operations on ossifying fibroma of paranasal sinuses was mainly decided by the location and area of ossifying fibroma. Radical operations were performed in twenty-one patients, ten of them through a lateral rhinotomy approach, eight through nasal endoscopic approach, four through Caldwell-Luc approach, one through coronal approach.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two patients were performed partial resection by nasal endoscopic surgery. Diagnoses of all cases were confirmed by pathology. All patients outcomes were successful, no serious complication from the surgical technique occurred. Twenty cases were followed-up for six months to nineteen years. Two patients recurred.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Earlier diagnosis, CT scan, proper surgery, and radical resection are the keys to the treatment of ossifying fibroma of paranasal sinuses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery,303 Hospital of PLA, Nanning, 530021, China.
authors.forename: Zhengyi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Longcheng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Chaokun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: Hailin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Jianjun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult