NAKAJIMA REIKO
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Assistant Professor
Article types Case report
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma with visual disturbance: a case report with imaging features.
Journal Formal name:Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging
Abbreviation:J Neuroimaging
ISSN code:15526569/10512284
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 23(1),pp.137-40
Author and coauthor Nakajima Reiko, Saito Naoko, Uchino Akira, Kuji Ichiei, Suzuki Tomonari, Nishikawa Ryo, Yamaguchi Hiroshi, Kimura Fumiko
Authorship Lead author,Corresponding author
Publication date 2013/01
Summary Juvenile psammomatoid ossifying fibroma (JPOF) of the sphenoid sinus is a rare subtype of ossifying fibroma of the sinonasal cavity and facial bone in young adults. Computed tomographic (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging features of JPOF have been reported, but to our knowledge, positron emission tomography (PET) findings have not been described. We present a 19-year-old woman with right visual disturbance whom we diagnosed with JPOF and describe imaging findings in her case. CT revealed a well-circumscribed fibro-osseous mass surrounding the right optic canal, with expansile, mixed soft tissue and thick bone density. MR imaging showed low signal intensity in the mass on both T(1)- and T(2)-weighted images. [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose ([(18)F]FDG) and [(11)C]methyl-L-methionine ([(11)C]Met) PET/CT showed abnormal uptake in the lesion, with standardized uptake values (SUV) of 6.2 ([(18)F]FDG) and 4.6 ([(11)C]Met). Familiarity with the imaging features of this rare disease aids its differentiation from other more familiar lesions to permit appropriately aggressive therapy and improve prognosis.
DOI 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00603.x
PMID 21699600