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The 29th patient with a lingual osteoma is presented. This is the first case, to our knowledge, with preoperative radiographic and computed tomographic documentation. This rare, benign tumor almost always occurs as a pedunculated solitary mass that arises from the posterior tongue near the foramen cecum. The patients are usually young women who complain wf dysphagia or fullness in the base of the tongue. The imaging findings and theories of the origin of this tumor are described.
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PMID:Lingual osteoma. 275 61

Anterior surgery of the upper part of the cervical spine, that is, proximal to C3, may be performed by transoral approach, possibly enlarged by glossomandibulotomy, by a retrovascular extraoral approach, or by a prevascular extraoral approach. The authors describe the surgical method of prevascular extraoral approach that allowed them to effectively treat osteoma localized at C2 and C3, post-laminectomy instability at C3 and C4, solitary metastasis at C3. As compared to transoral surgery the prevascular extraoral approach has the advantage of avoiding the risk of infection from germs in the oral cavity and of allowing for easier postoperative management, avoiding tracheotomy and/or prolonged dysphagia. As compared to a retrovascular approach the prevascular approach obtains a truly anterior exposure instead of an anterolateral one. Prevascular extraoral approach should thus be used whenever possible. Transoral surgery is indicated for decompression, of the brainstem and a bilateral retrovascular approach may be used to perform anterolateral fusion at C1-C2.
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PMID:Anterior surgery of the upper part of the cervical spine by prevascular extraoral approach. 834 77

A choristoma is a tumor-like mass of normal tissue in an "abnormal" location. Lingual osseous choristoma, previously known as osteoma of the tongue, is a rare entity: we found documentation of eight cases at our center during the 10-year period between 1987 and 1996. These cases were analyzed along with 50 others reported in the English language literature between 1913 and 1996. Lingual osseous choristoma frequently occurs during the third and fourth decades of life, and predominantly affects women (81%). Most of the osseous choristomas in our review were located in the posterior third of the tongue, primarily at or close to the foramen cecum or circumvallate papillae (87.9%). While 39.7% of the patients were asymptomatic, the remaining patients complained of symptoms including a lump in the throat (25.8%), dysphagia (6.9%), gagging (5.1%), nausea (3.4%) and irritation (3.4%). Treatment of lingual osseous choristoma consists of simple excision. The tumor's origin has been discussed elsewhere.
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PMID:Lingual osseous choristoma: a study of eight cases and review of the literature. 958 99

Osteomas are common in otolaryngology, as they often involve the skull and facial bones. On rare occasions, these tumors have also been found in the temporal bone and the tongue. Until now, osteomas have not been encountered in the larynx. We describe the case of a patient who came to our institution with hoarseness and dysphagia and who was found to have an osteoma of the larynx. Radiographic imaging, endoscopy, and pathologic classification confirmed the diagnosis. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an osteoma of the larynx.
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PMID:First report of a case of osteoma of the larynx. 1096 63

Dysphagia due to bony lesions of the cervical spine is rare. Almost all reported cases have been secondary to cervical osteophyte formation. We present an unusual case of a 58-year-old male who presented with dysphagia of insidious onset. Investigations revealed osteoid osteoma arising from the transverse process of the second cervical vertebra extending anteriorly in a curvilinear manner. The surgical management of this case is discussed in this report. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of dysphagia secondary to osteoid osteoma of cervical spine.
Dysphagia 2007 Jan
PMID:Dysphagia secondary to osteoid osteoma of the transverse process of the second cervical vertebra. 1707 58