Osteoma Cutis and Tonsillolith: A Cone Beam Computed Tomography Study

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2018 Sep 26

PMID 30250765

Authors

Ahmed Z Abdelkarim

Scott Lozanoff

Shaimaa M Abu El Sadat

Ali Z Syed

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Abstract

In this study, we report a rare case of osteoma cutis (OC) and tonsillolith, diagnosed using cone beam computed tomography. The dystrophic calcifications in the face and tonsils were incidentally found during examination of the patient's scan with no relation to the main chief complaint. The diagnosis was OC, combined with dystrophic calcification of the tonsils. It is important to mention that OC is a rare soft-tissue ossification of cutaneous tissue, typically on the face and clinically asymptomatic. It may be primary but the majority of cases are secondary. Incidental finding of OC and tonsilloliths on a two-dimensional dental radiograph does not provide sufficient information concerning the location of these calcifications. Thus, cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) provides critical information for the diagnosis of asymptomatic OC lesions not available through any other means of clinical detection.

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