title: Cranial juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma: case report.
abstract: Juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma (JPOF) is a fibroosseous tumor that arises in the craniofacial bones in young people. This lesion usually originates in the jaw, orbit, and ethmoid complex but can also be associated with the skull base and calvaria. Diagnosis must be made based on observing typical radiological and histopathological features. Although JPOF is a rare pathological entity, neurosurgeons must consider this odontogenic lesion in the differential diagnosis of skull masses given the lesion's aggressive behavior and locally invasive growth. Treatment must be gross-total resection. In the following article, the authors present a case of cranial JPOF and discuss various aspects of this entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Section, Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastián-Donostia, Guipúzcoa, Spain.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barrena López
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Section, Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastián-Donostia, Guipúzcoa, Spain.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bollar Zabala
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Pediatric Section, Donostia University Hospital, San Sebastián-Donostia, Guipúzcoa, Spain.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Úrculo Bareño
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: FD = fibrous dysplasia; JOF = juvenile ossifying fibroma; JPOF = juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma; JTOF = juvenile trabecular ossifying fibroma; PEPM = primary extracranial psammomatoid meningioma; juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma; oncology; ossifying fibroma; pediatric skull lesions