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  • Deviated Nasal Septum and Septoplasty
  • Osteoma
  • Snoring and Upper Airway Resistance
  • Vasomotor Rhinitis
  • Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder and Auditory Processing Disorder38
  • Acquired Laryngotracheal Stenosis
  • Management of the Hearing-Impaired Child19
  • Paediatric Hearing Loss1
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Osteoma

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Last reviewed: 11 May 2026
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BackgroundFeaturesManagement

Background

Most common benign sinonasal tumour, most common in the frontoethmoid region and rarely the sphenoid.

Features

  • They are usually asymptomatic and picked up incidentally.

  • The prescence of multiple lesions may be associated with Gardner syndrome.

Management

Excision if symptomatic, otherwise observe with serial CT Sinus.

Asymptomatic

Frontoethmoid:

  • Monitor serial imaging, once a year for 3 years, then discharge with patient initiated follow up.

Sphenoid:

  • Higher risk for orbital/visual complications so probably warrant slightly longer period of observation

Symptomatic

Surgical excision

Last reviewed11 May 2026

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