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Monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the ethmoid Surgical treatment using a combined endocranial and transfacial approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

L. M. Gil-Carcedo*
Affiliation:
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Valladolid.
M. Gonzalez
Affiliation:
Professor and Head of Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Valladolid, Spain.
*
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain.

Summary

Two cases of monostotic fibrous dysplasia of the ethmoid are presented. This condition is of interest to the rhinologist because of the difficulty of differential diagnosis, its location, and the frequent tendency to local recurrence. The two patients presented in this paper were aged fifteen and seven respectively, with almost iddentical lesions and with very similar x-rays. A clinical picture of each patient is given, following a brief description of fibrous dysplasia. Special emphasis has been placed on the treatment which is necessarily surgical. In both cases extensive radical surgery of the lesion was performed using a combined craniofacial approach. Finally, a brief evaluation is made of these two cases.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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