Clinical characteristics of ossifying fibroma cases reported in the literature
Author/year Age (yr)/ sex Type Location CT appearance Clinical presentation
Singh/200630 7/M PS OR Expansile lesion Proptosis, eye dystopia
Baumann/200531 41/F NS ES, Well delineated calcified, Sclerotic ring Proptosis, eye dystopia, pain and swelling Pirana/200316 13/F PS ES, MS, SS, NC Radiolucent expansile mass Proptosis, facial swelling
Feldman/200332 13/F PS ES Well defined mass Proptosis, transient vision loss Vandekerckhove/200317 16/F PS ES Well delineated calcified Lateral dystopia
Rootman/200333 25/M PS ES Sclerotic shell, mixed inner pattern Proptosis
El-Mofty/200227 53/F PS ES Radiolucent/ radiodence, multilocular Painless expansion
Martinez-Mañas/200234 18/M PS ES Well demarcated Diagnosis at routine examination
Khoury /200222 15/M
8/M 2/F
PS PS PS
MS, NC MS
MS, ES, NC
Well circumscribed lesion with calcified septations
Heterogeneous lesion
Large soft tissue mass with fine bone speckles
Proptosis Proptosis Proptosis
Tunc/199935 53/F TR Lateral wall - Diagnosis at routine examination
Shand/199928 7/F PS MS ES, SB Well demarcated Telecanthus, proptosis, swelling of the midace, facial asymmetry
Hartstein/19984 14/M
24/F 10/M
PS PS PS
OR OR OR
Solid
“Eggshell” appearance Expansile calcified lesion
Upper eyelid swelling, proptosis Upper eyelid ptosis, eye dystopia Upper eyelid swelling, eye dystopia
Lawton/19975 22/F NS ES - Eye swelling, periorbital pain, headaches
Fakadej/199621 6/M TR ES Soft-tissue mass, Sclerotic bony rim Proptosis
Perri/199636 16/M PS OR Egg-shaped lesion Proptosis
Wenig /199526 39/M
33/M
PS PS
ES, SS ES, SS, ACF
Heterogeneous
Multiple areas of hyperdensity
Frontal headaches Proptosis
Nakagawa/199537 29/M TR ES, FS Heterogenous, partial Calcification
Proptosis, dystopia, diplopia
Sawyer/19959 13/M
14/M 17/M
PS PS PS
OR OR EF
Sclerotic ring Sclerotic ring Hyperostotic
Proptosis Proptosis
Proptosis, diplopia
Bertrand /19936 11/M PS ES, SS, NC, ACF Heterogeneous with foci of calcification Bilateral proptosis, hypertelorism
Takaya/199310 12/M PS OR Multilocular Non-tender mass in the orbitofrontal region
Slootweg/199338 20/M PS OR Radiolucent, sclerotic ring Proptosis, eye dystopia
Jordan/199239 19/F PS OR Well delineated with calcification Vertical diplopia and eye dystopia
Rosen/199240 12/M PS ES, SS Expansile mass NS
Han/199114 56/M
12/F 21/F
PS PS PS
ES, OR ES, SS, NC ES, SS, NC
Multiloculated with bony shell Multiloculated with bony shell Multiloculated with bony shell
Exophthamos Exophthamos Exophthamos
16/F PS ES, SS Multiloculated with bony shell Exophthamos Marvel/199041 32/M PS MS, NC Mottled radiodense areas
Blitzer/198942 34/F
55/F 46/F 16/F
NS NS NS NS
ES, FS, SS ES
ES, FS, MS ES, FS
NS
Partially calcified NS
NS
Proptosis Proptosis Proptosis Proptosis
Palma/198843 7/M PS ES. SS Egg-shaped mass Proptosis
Margo/198625 8/M
8/M
PS PS
ES, SS ES, SS, NC Clivus
Mottled radiodense
Mosaic or radiodense/radiolucent Shields /19858 14/M TR MS, ES, SS, ACF Heterogeneous density with many foci of
calcification
Proptosis, eye dystopia Shields /198324 9/M PS OR Dense mass with sclerotic rim Proptosis, eye dsytopia
Khalil /197944 36/F TR MSr - Proptosis, eye dystopia
Jakobiec/197745 38/M
57/M 36/F
PS OS PS
OR OR OR
- Diagnosis at routine Rx examination
Multiple inflammatory episodes, Proptosis Headaches, proptosis
Scott/1971 46 22/F PS ACF, ES, FS, SS, MS, NC
- Propyosis
Lehrer/196947 20/M
11/M
PS PS
OR OR
Proptosis Proptosis
Young/196848 14/F
15/M 12/F 21/F
NS NS NS NS
MS, ES, OR MS, NC ES, NC FS, OR
- - - -
Exophthalmos, swelling Exophthalmos
NS
Swelling over the eye
Thomas/196649 62/F TR OR - Proptosis
Schwarz /196450 9/F
18/F 20/M
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?
?
OR OR MS
- - -
Swelling, proptosis Swelling, proptosis Swelling below the eye
Benjamins /193829 19/F PS OR
Total 60 cases, 32 M / 28 F, Ages: ranging from 2 to 62 years, mean = 22.2 years ± 14.9 S.D.
ACF, anterior cranial fossa; ES, ethmoid sinus; FS, frontal sinus; MS, maxillary sinus; NC, nasal cavity; NM, naso-maxillary; OR, orbital roof; SB, skull base; SS, sphenoid sinus.