Osteoma after Reduction Malarplasty.
- Author:
Shang Back SHIM
1
;
Jong Hwan KIM
;
In Pyo HONG
;
Seon Woong KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. nmcps@unitel.co.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Osteoma;
Reduction malarplasty
- MeSH:
Adult;
Diagnosis;
Female;
Frontal Sinus;
Humans;
Mandible;
Maxilla;
Maxillary Sinus;
Mouth;
Osteoma*;
Pathology, Clinical;
Sphenoid Sinus;
Zygoma
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
2002;8(1):37-40
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Osteoma is a benign tumor arising from cancellous or compact bone. Frontal sinus is the most common site, followed by the ethmoidal sinus, maxillary sinus, sphenoidal sinus, maxilla and mandible. Very few cases involving the mandible have been described. A 26-year-old woman who had a limited range of mouth opening was reffered to our clinic. The limited opening had been gradually increasing in severity after first operation(reduction malarplasty and angle resection). Computed tomography images showed a radiopaque mass between left mandibular notch and zygomatic arch. After surgical removal of mass, diagnosis of mass was osteoma from clinical pathology. The postoperative course was uneventful, the patient could open the mouth about 40 mm, 5 months after the operation.
