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A case of frontal lobe abscess as a complication of frontal sinus ossifying fibroma

Y Frat^*,1, AK Frat², HM Karaka² and Ç Önal³

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey; ² Department of Radiology, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey; ³ Department of Neurosurgery, Inonu University School of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey

*Correspondence to: Yezdan Frat, MD, Turgut Ozal Medical Center School of Medicine, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 44069 Malatya, Turkey; Email: yezdanf{at}yahoo.com

Received 9 September 2005; revised 21 November 2005; accepted 21 December 2005

Sinonasal ossifying fibroma is a rare, slow-growing, benign bony tumour, frequently involving the maxilla and mandible in the head and neck region. Although it is known to be the second most frequent fibro-osseous tumour of paranasal sinus, to the best of our knowledge, ossifying fibroma of frontal sinus causing brain abscess has not been presented yet in the relevant literature. We present the clinical, pathological and radiological findings of ossifying fibroma of the frontal sinus associated with brain abscess.

Keywords: ossifying fibroma; frontal sinus; brain abscess; magnetic resonance imaging; computed tomography