Osteoma of maxillary sinus

a case report

Park, Wonse DDS, MSD
Kim, Hyun Sil DDS, PhD

^aDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea.
^bOral Cancer Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea.

Reprint requests: Hyun Sil Kim, DDS, PhD, Oral Cancer Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120–752, Korea. [email protected]

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, & Endodontics 102(6):p e26-e27, December 2006.

Craniofacial osteomas may be located either superficially or intraosseously on any bone of the cranium or face or within a paranasal sinus. Osteomas within the paranasal sinus account for 0.01% to 0.43% of patients; of these, up to 80% occur in the frontal sinus. An osteoma of maxillary sinus is extremely rare. We describe a rare case of osteoma of a 56-year-old Asian woman in the maxillary sinus.