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Summary Introduction The tumours of bony face at in children are rare. Among the most commonly found are inflammatory tumours and development anomalies. In histopathology, the most frequent fund are neuroma, fibromas, osteoma, lipomas. In inflammatory tumours there are abscess and inflammatory infiltration. Malignants tumours in this area are rare in children, but are mainly sarcomata or melanoma. Developmental tumours include cyst and fistula. Objective To analyse tumours of the bony face treated in Paediatric ENT Clinic in Warsaw. Material There were thirty cases of bony face tumours treated in Paediatric ENT Clinic in Warsaw between 2005 and 2007. Results One cases (3%) provedto be malignant, and one (3%) locally malignant. Twenty-one cases (70%) were found to be developmental tumours, three cases (10%) of abscesses, and four cases (13%) of benign tumours. Conclusions The most frequently-found tumours of bony face in children are developmental tumours. All tumours must be the subject of histopatological examination. In the case of cancers tumours it has to be established if the tumour is a primary or a metastatic. In the group analysed group the rare tumour were epithelioma, ganglioma. |
