Clinical cases of head and neck osteomas in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University Hospital in Gdańsk 2012-2019

Abstract

Introduction: Osteomas are the most common, benign neoplasms of paranasal sinuses. Those tumors are often diagnosed accidentaly, during the head imagining procedures. Objective: Clinical and epidemiological assessments of patients with head and neck osteomas. Material and methods: We carried out the analysis of medical documentation of patients treated in Otolaryngology Clinics of MUG in years 2012-2019 with osteoma diagosis and analysed the treatment and its outcome. Results: 38 patients with osteoma have been operated on during the investigated period of time (18 men, 20 women). Most of the osteomas were localized in the area of frontal sinuses (34%). It has been proven that there is no link between this neoplasm and age, sex or tobacco smoking. Conclusions: Osteomas are rare bone neoplasms and constitute less then 1% of all of the head and neck neoplasms. Osteomas cause intense headaches, which are difficult to treat. Diagnostics of such tumors is based on Computed Tomography and surgery is in this case a treatment of choice.