Osseous New Growth of Ethmoid

Osseous New Growths

Fibro-osseous and respiratory epithelial hamartoma of the fronto-ethmoid region.

A 31-year-old lady presented to the otorhinolaryngology clinic complaining of right exophtalmus. Imaging studies revealed a right frontal sinus mass, suggestive of a mucocele, and fronto-ethmoidal ground glass opacification. In the operating room, the frontal sinuses were exposed through an osteoplastic flap, and connected to the nasal cavity through a Lothrop-like drainage pathway. The patholo...

New Perspectives on Diagnosis and Treatment of Progressive Ethmoid Hematomas

The treatment approach for progressive ethmoid hematoma should be based on the primary site of the lesion. Noncontact photoablation of the base with a Nd:YAG laser, whether as a primary or adjunctive treatment, prevents recurrence in 80% of cases. Frequent reassessment and aggressive treatment while the mass is small is the key to managing recurrence. Author’s address: Department of Clinical Sc...

Fibrous dysplasia of ethmoid.

FIBROUS dysplasia is a peculiar clinical entity, which is of interest to the Otolaryngologist, because at times it involves one of the paranasal sinuses. Fibrous dysplasia of the bone is the name applied by Lichtenstein (1938) to a polyostotic or monostotic condition apparently due to a perverted activity of the specific bone-forming mesenchyme. It is most frequently localized in the femur, tib...

Aspergilloma of the ethmoid.

SINCE the early records of aspergillus infections of the upper respiratory tract in man (Zarniko 1891; Schubert 1885), there have been sporadic reports in the literature from various parts of the world. These give the impression that while the incidence of the infection naturally varies in different countries, it is on the whole_uncommon_ (Andersen and Stenderup 1956; Montreuil 1955), but has b...