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88th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

24.05. - 27.05.2017, Erfurt

Frontal sinus osteomas management

Meeting Abstract

  • corresponding author Adrian Mihail Sitaru - ENT Departament "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Marioara Poenaru - ENT Departament "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Alin Horia Marin - ENT Departament "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Nicolae Constantin Balica - ENT Departament "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Stelian Lupescu - ENT Departament "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Caius Doros - ENT Departament "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Horatiu Eugen Stefanescu - ENT Departament "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Eugen Radu Boia - ENT Departament "Victor Babes" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. 88. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. Erfurt, 24.-27.05.2017. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2017. Doc17hno557

doi: 10.3205/17hno557, urn:nbn:de:0183-17hno5575

Published: April 13, 2017

© 2017 Sitaru et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.


Outline

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Introduction: Craniofacial osteomas are benign tumors of the skull-base, often involving the paranasal sinuses. The frontal sinus is the most common site of involvement. The growth rate is very slow, and it may take many years for osteomas to become clinically apparent.

Methods: Between the years 2003-2015, in the ENT Department Timisoara, 11 patients were treated for frontal sinus osteoma, 4 females and 7 males. Management of uncomplicated sinus osteomas is controversial, since surgery involves serious potential risks. In ENT Department Timisoara we used external approach in each case.

Results: All 11 patients underwent surgery, the postoperative results were very good.

Conclusions: Frontal sinus osteomas, skull base benign tumors, are very rare and the treatment is surgical by an external approach.

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