A rare case of peripheral osteoma of the zygoma: Surgical management

A rare case of peripheral osteoma of the zygoma: Surgical management

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In the head and neck, osteomas are the most common benign neoplasms of the nose and paranasal sinuses.They Mortar often form from the normal bone of the sinus cavities.The source of development of osteomas are unknown, though they are thought to arise from traumatic or infectious causes.

Osteomas are often asymptomatic and detected incidentally, though larger osteomas may impart symptoms based on their mass effect.Whereas common within the nasal cavity and sinuses, osteomas Sculptures arising from the external facial skeleton are exceedingly rare and not well described in the literature.Here we present a rare case of the diagnosis and surgical management of an osteoma of the zygoma.