TUMOURS OF THE BONY FACE IN CHILDREN TREATED IN THE PAEDIATRIC ENT CLINIC IN WARSAW

*Lechosław P. Chmielik, Magdalena Frąckiewicz, Mieczysław Chmielik

Summary
Introduction: Tumours of the bony face in children are rare. Among the most commonly found are inflammatory tumours and development anomalies. Histopathologically, the most frequent are neuromas, fibromas, osteomas and lipomas. Inflammatory tumours include abscesses and inflammatory infiltrations. Malignant tumours in this area in children are rare and mainly among them sarcoma or melanoma can be found. Developmental tumours include cysts and fistulas.
Aim: To analyse tumours of the bony face treated in the Paediatric ENT Clinic in Warsaw.
Material and method: There were thirty-six cases of bony face tumours treated in the Paediatric ENT Clinic in Warsaw between 2005 and 2008.
Results: One case (2.77%) was recognized as malignant, and one (2.77%) as locally malignant. Twenty-five cases (69.44%) were found to be developmental tumours. There were also three cases (8.33%) of abscesses and six cases (16.66%) of benign tumours.
Conclusions: The most frequently found tumours of the bony face in children are developmental tumours. All tumours must be subjected to a histopathological examination. In the case of malignant tumour it has to be established whether the tumour is primary or metastatic. In the analysed group even very rare tumours such as epithelioma and ganglioma were found.

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