Strickler Scott, Hitchcock Kathryn E, Dziegielewski Peter T, Mendenhall William M
Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.
Head Neck. 2017 Aug;39(8):E81-E84. doi: 10.1002/hed.24811. Epub 2017 May 3.
Juvenile ossifying fibroma (JOF) is a benign fibro-osseous lesion that can be locally aggressive. It is typically treated with surgical excision. A few cases using adjuvant radiotherapy have been reported in the literature.
We report a case of JOF treated with surgical excision and adjuvant radiotherapy to minimize the risk of local recurrence. We also review the literature.
Our patient tolerated radiotherapy without complication and had not experienced a local recurrence at the time of writing this manuscript.
This is one of the first reports of adjuvant radiotherapy after surgical excision to improve local control in patients with JOF. Radiotherapy should be considered in patients for whom reexcision after a recurrence would result in unacceptable morbidity.
