Osteoblastoma is an uncommon benign bone-form ing tumor originally described in 1932 by Jaffe and Mayer [1]. it presents c linically with unusually severe pain that mayor may not respond to mild analges ics such as aspi rin . The radiographic appearance of osteoblastoma is often considerably varied, but , in most cases, it is an expanding lytic bone lesion that is usually well circu mscribed ev...

A 57-year-old man presented with an extremely rare osteoma originating from the left L-5 inferior articular process and causing lumbo-crural sciatica. Postmyelography computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed an osteoma compressing the spinal nerve root at the lateral recess. Decompression facetectomy and excision of the lesion followed by transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion ...

Osteomas are the slow growing benign tumours of the lamellar bones. They are the most common benign neoplasm of nose and paranasal sinuses. But osteomas of the temporal bone are rare and that of the zygomatic process are very very rare. In this case, we present a 38 years old female patient with osteoma of the zygmatic process of the left temporal bone. The osteoma was excised under General ana...

Osteoid osteomas of the talus are rarely seen. They can easily be misdiagnosed. In this case report, we present a 21-year-old man with an osteoid osteoma in talar neck whose pain onset coincided ankle injury. The latter was deemed misleading factor when making diagnosis. Eventually, patient treated surgical excision osteoma. gap that resulted after filled autologous bone graft. A year his opera...

We report a case of intraparenchymal pneumocephalus caused by ethmoid sinus osteoma in a 57-year-old man who had suffered from severe allergic rhinitis because of which he had to frequently blow his nose. He was referred to our hospital for headache and mild left hemiparesis. A computed tomography scan revealed a large intraparenchymal air entrapment in the right frontal lobe related to an oste...

Choroidal osteoma is a rare intraocular bony tumor that typically manifests as a yellow-white, well-demarcated mass with geographic pseudopodal margins.1-3 This benign tumor predominantly occurs in the peripapillary or papillomacular region, most often in young women.1,2 Occasionally, choroidal osteoma can simulate an amelanotic choroidal tumor such as melanoma, nevus, or metastasis.1,2 This tu...

OBJECTIVE Surgical management of giant skull osteomas Osteomas are benign, generally slow growing, bone forming tumors limited to the craniofacial and jaw bones. MATERIALS AND METHODS A retrospective review of all cases of osteoma diagnosed from 2009 to 2013 treated in our hospital. The data collected included age at diagnosis, gender, lesion location, size, presenting and duration of symptom...